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Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (ARCHIVE)

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12:30 25.1.2015

Here is an update from our news desk:

Ukraine is holding a day of national mourning on January 25, following a series of rocket attacks in the southeastern city of Mariupol that killed 30 people and injured more than 90 others.

National flags were flown at half-mast and a minute of silence was observed at midday local time in memory of the victims.

President Petro Poroshenko also ordered the cancellation of sporting and cultural events on January 25.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the city had been targeted on January 24 with three separate strikes by Grad rockets fired from separatist-held areas.

The rebels claimed Ukrainian forces were behind the attacks.

The Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said the rockets came from rebel-held areas.

The attacks have prompted widespread condemnation.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said the "horrific assault by Russia-backed separatists" was made possible by "Russia's irresponsible and dangerous decision to resupply" the separatists with hundreds of new pieces of advanced weaponry.

(unian.net, tsn.ua)

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