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Ten-year-old Sasha stands in a bomb shelter in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Ten-year-old Sasha stands in a bomb shelter in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Final News Summary For September 29

-- We have started a new Ukraine Live Blog. Find it here.

-- Ukraine is marking 75 years since the World War II massacre of 33,771 Jews on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Kyiv.

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stabilize a fragile cease-fire in Ukraine and do all he could to improve what Merkel called a "catastrophic humanitarian situation" in Syria.

-- Russia's Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a Moscow-backed Crimean court to ban the Mejlis, the self-governing body of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Ukrainian territory.

* NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv (GMT/UTC +3)

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Ukraine’s Inter TV Set Ablaze In Kyiv

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Authorities said they had arrested six people in connection with the fire.
Authorities said they had arrested six people in connection with the fire.

Fire Breaks Out At Ukrainian TV Station

A fire broke out at a Ukrainian television station in Kyiv, although nobody was hurt in the incident on September 4.

TV Inter's headquarters caught fire after a group of around 20 protesters gathered outside the building and set tires afire and threw them in the building.

Kyiv police official Andrei Krishenko said witnesses believed a smoke bomb had been thrown into the building.

Authorities said they had arrested six people in connection with the fire.

The station continued broadcasting from mobile facilities outside the building.

The station is widely regarded by many Ukrainians as being pro-Russia. The affiliation of the protesters was not clear.

A conflict in eastern Ukraine between Russia-backed separatists and Ukrainian troops has killed more than 9,500 people.

Based on reporting by AP and Interfax

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