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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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This ends our live blogging for July 26. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.

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The trial of Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov and Oleksandr Kolchenko on terrorism charges continues in Rostov-on-Don today.

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The Avdiyivka Coke and Chemical Plant employs some 4,000 workers and produces the fuel that powers Ukraine's massive steel industry. It also sits on the front lines of the country's separatist conflict. Though the plant has come under heavy fire, the workers say they have no choice but to keep production running. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)

A Strategic Ukrainian Factory In The Line Of Fire
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