Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

The Lenin statue torn down in #Kharkiv was biggest in Ukraine at 20m. Police asked protestors not to do it, but yeah http://t.co/tTyCkQvyPk

— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) September 28, 2014

Report from the "Orwellian" rally in Moscow to support eastern Ukraine rebels in response to last week's peace march http://t.co/qTqayz2CMO

— Alec Luhn (@ASLuhn) September 28, 2014

RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service has issued this rough footage of the moment the Lenin statue came down in Kharkiv. The actual toppling takes place around the 2:15 mark (natural sound, no subtitles):

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У Харкові повалили пам'ятник Леніну

by RFE/RL

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We are now closing our live blog on what has ended up being a rather eventful day in Kharkiv. We'll be back tomorrow with all the reaction to the symbolically significant toppling of a Lenin statue in Ukraine's second-largest city. In the meantime, you can keep up with all our ongoing Ukraine coverage here.

Good morning. We are resuming our live blogging of the Ukraine crisis for Monday, September 29, 2014.