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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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This ends our live blogging for October 15. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.

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The Russian government has criticized the Dutch report into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, which resulted in the deaths of 298 people. But what do ordinary Russians think? A straw poll on the streets of Moscow suggests ignorance, apathy, or downright denial. (Interviews conducted by RFE/RL's Current Time)

MH17: 'The Less You Know, The Better You Sleep'
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