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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 a map of the latest military situation in the Donbas region -- courtesy of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (click image to enlarge):

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Here's a video from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service of Dmytro Yarosh's speech at a Right Sector rally in Kyiv yesterday:

Hundreds of supporters of Ukraine's Right Sector rallied in Kyiv on July 21 to protest against government policies in the wake of a deadly standoff between radical nationalists and police in the country's west. Right Sector leader Dmytro Yarosh called for a no-confidence vote on the government of President Petro Porshenko, and demanded that the volunteer militias fighting in the country's east be legally recognized.

Right Sector Leader Declares 'New Stage Of Ukrainian Revolution'
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Hromadske.tv has published a set of infographics highlighting what it says are the differences between Ukraine and Russia. They pack quite a punch. Click through using the "Next" button to see them all:

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