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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

18:12 8.8.2015

Protests in St. Petersburg against the destruction of food.

18:29 8.8.2015

A look at how the situation on the front line has changed this week.

18:36 8.8.2015

A war-veteran's society has been established in Crimea.

18:46 8.8.2015

Jailed in Russia, Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov talks of being tortured by the FSB while in detention.

19:30 8.8.2015

That concludes the Ukraine Live Blog for today. Please check back tomorrow for more news.

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A Ukrainian flag was seen flying on a bridge in Moscow today...

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