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An activist stops a lorry near the village of Chongar, in the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea.
An activist stops a lorry near the village of Chongar, in the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (ARCHIVE)

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Final Summary For September 21

-- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to withdraw heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine.

-- No trucks have passed through the administrative border from mainland Ukraine to Crimea overnight, according to Oleh Slobodyan, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Service.

-- Hundreds of pro-Kyiv activists from Crimea's Tatar community and other opposition activists are taking part in the blockade of roads from Ukraine to the Crimean peninsula to protest Russia's annexation of the region last year.

-- The German government has criticized Russia for not distancing itself from plans by Russian-backed separatists to hold local elections in eastern Ukraine without consulting Kyiv.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv

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Ukraine has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of drinking one of Crimea's most precious bottles of wine, brought to the peninsula during the reign of Catherine the Great.

RFE/RL' Claire Bigg has the entire story here.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (front right) and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (left) on a visit to Crimea last week.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (front right) and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (left) on a visit to Crimea last week.

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