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An activist stops a lorry near the village of Chongar, in the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea.
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.

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16:08 7.9.2015

Andrey Purgin, the so-called head of the national council of Donetsk People’s Republic, was voted out of office in favor Denis Pushilin of his rival and former deputy on September 5.

The video shows the local militia forcefully dispersing a demonstration in support of Purgin in Donetsk that same day.

16:09 7.9.2015

The so-called DPR has issued its own postage stamps.

One of them features portraits of famous separatists nicknamed “Givi” and “Motorola,” with a caption “Heroes of Novorossiya.”

The other one has a map of Donetsk in the colors of “DPR’s” flag and a caption: “Glory to miner-toilers” and “Glory to miner-warriors.”

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