Accessibility links

Breaking News
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)

We have moved the Ukraine Crisis Live Blog. Sorry for any inconvenience. Please find it HERE.

12:58 7.9.2014

12:20 7.9.2014

The Malaysian daily "The Star" reports:

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) investigating team will leave for Ukraine Monday to continue investigations at the Malaysia Airlines, flight MH17 crash site following the ceasefire between pro-Russian separatists and the Ukraine government.

Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said in his Twitter account that the first group of 30 officers and personnel from different units would be led by Internal Security and Public Order deputy director Datuk Muhammad Fuad Abu Zarim.

Another group of 50 officers and personnel will follow suit, said Khalid.

Here's the related tweet:

12:14 7.9.2014

12:12 7.9.2014

Separatists and pro-Russians continue to incriminate themselves via social media.

11:57 7.9.2014

The latest situation map from the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council:

And here's Liveuamap's latest map of the fighting.

11:28 7.9.2014

11:28 7.9.2014

Here's an AFP English translation of the 12-point protocol signed by the Ukraine Contact Group in Minsk on September 5:

1. Ensure an immediate bilateral ceasefire.

2. Ensure monitoring and verification by the OSCE of the ceasefire regime.

3. Carry out decentralisation of power, allowing temporary local self-government in areas of Donetsk and Lugansk in eastern Ukraine under a "special status" law.

4. Ensure constant active monitoring by the OSCE of the Ukraine-Russia border, along with the creation of a security zone in border areas.

5. Immediately free all prisoners and illegally detained persons.

6. Pass a law against the prosecution and punishment of people over certain events in Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

7. Continue inclusive national dialogue.

8. Take measures to improve the humanitarian situation in the Donbass (Donetsk and Lugansk).

9. Ensure the holding of snap local elections in Donetsk and Lugansk.

10. Remove illegal armed groups, military hardware, and all fighters and mercenaries from Ukrainian territory.

11. Adopt a programme to help the economic revival of the Donbass and restore activity in the region.

12. Guarantee the personal safety of the participants of the consultations.

The plan was signed by OSCE envoy Heidi Tagliavini, former Ukraine president Leonid Kuchma, the Russian ambassador to Ukraine Mikhail Zurabov, and rebel leaders Alexander Zakharchenko and Igor Plotnitsky.

11:12 7.9.2014

Local officials are quoted by AFP as confirming that a woman has been killed in the fighting in Mariupol, confirming the UNIAN report/image cited in that Liveuamap report (tweet below).

10:16 7.9.2014

10:15 7.9.2014

Load more

XS
SM
MD
LG