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Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.
Ukrainian servicemen ride in a tank close to the airport in the eastern city of Donetsk, a facility which has been the site of intense fighting for several weeks.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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12:39 7.7.2014

Interfax-Ukraine reporting that members of Ukrainian National Guard have discovered caches of ammunition for Russian-made sniper rifles in Slovyansk.

12:34 7.7.2014

Activists planning auto-protest outside Akhmetov's dacha on July 8.

12:14 7.7.2014

From our news desk:

The Ukrainian judge who sentenced former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in jail has been added to the country's wanted list.

Ukraine's Interior Ministry said on July 7 that Judge Rodion Kireyev is wanted for "intentionally pronouncing an illegal verdict."

Kireyev disappeared from Kyiv last week.

Kireyev sentenced Tymoshenko to seven years in jail on charges of abuse of power in 2011. Her supporters said the prosecution had been politically motivated.

Tymoshenko was released from prison in February after her political rival, President Viktor Yanukovych, was ousted and fled the country following three months of antigovernment protests.

10:51 7.7.2014

All eyes are on Donetsk, as separatists driven out of Slavyansk retreated there . Video from Reuters shows pro-Russian separatists controlling checkpoints on roads into the city as the military continued its offensive against rebels in other eastern cities. On July 6, militants and their supporters gathered in a central square in Donetsk to demand an end to the fighting.

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10:36 7.7.2014

More from our news desk on the Kyiv shooting:

At least four people have reportedly been injured in a shooting on Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.

Media reports in Ukraine cited unnamed sources in the Kyiv police on July 7 as saying that the shooting had taken place overnight on the square, known as the Maidan and which was the epicenter of three months of antigovernment protests.

The reports say at least four people were taken to hospitals after the shooting.

Maidan activists said on July 7 that some 30 men wearing balaclavas opened fire on the square overnight.

It is not clear who the attackers were.

Much of the protest encampment has remained on the square since February, even after a pro-Western government took office, with holdout demonstrators calling for the Maidan to continue until the new government implements important reforms.

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Good morning. We're live blogging another day...

22:29 6.7.2014

That ends our live-blogging for July 6, please check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.

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