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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

14:08 22.8.2015

Here is today's map of the latest situation in the Donbas combat zone -- issued by the Ukrainian Defense MInistry (CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE):

17:32 22.8.2015

It goes without saying that the Sputnik news service is run by an agency that is wholly owned and operated by the Kremlin:

17:36 22.8.2015

As a gesture of solidarity, Poland has announced that Warsaw's iconic Palace of Culture will be bathed in the colours of the Ukrainian flag for Ukraine's national day on August 24:

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The "live or die issue" Maxim Eristavi is talking about is decentralization (click on the link for more):

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