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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.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv

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Twitter user @aliona_ka posted a photo of a deck of cards titled #KrymNash (Russian transliteration for “Crimea is ours).

Russian President Vladimir Putin pictured with a crown on his head is an ace. His spokesman Dmitry Peskov, head of Russia Today media holding Dmitry Kiselyov and Night Wolves leader Aleksandr Zaldostanov are eights. Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin and nationalist deputy Vladimir Zhirinovsky are pictured as jokers in the deck of cards.

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15:34 21.9.2015

RFE/RL Crimean desk correspondent Tetyana Bezruk shared a photo of the Right Sector base at the Chonhar checkpoint on the administrative border with Crimea.

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15:53 21.9.2015

President Petro Poroshenko meeting with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg in Lviv.

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