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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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Here is today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:

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WATCH: NATO Starts Ukraine Military Drills

Moscow has sharply criticized military drills in Ukraine, which bring together Ukrainian troops with NATO forces.

NATO Starts Ukraine Military Drills
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VIDEO: Ukrainian Director Goes On Trial In Russia

A Ukrainian film director, Oleh Sentsov, has gone on trial in Russia on terrorism charges. He was arrested in Crimea last year, in a case widely viewed as politically motivated.

Ukrainian Director Goes On Trial In Russia
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