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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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Here's a new video courtesy of RFE/RL's Current Time TV:

Caring For Combatants And Canines: Ukraine's Doctors Do It All

They are civilian doctors who now find themselves working close to the front lines in Ukraine's war-torn Donbas region. But they do more than just save soldiers' lives. With a shortage of medical staff, they also care for the local population and treat everyone from women and children to animals.

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Here's an update on fighting in the east from RFE/RL's news desk:

One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, Eight Wounded In Eastern Ukraine

One Ukrainian soldier has been killed and eight wounded in fighting with pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine over the past 24 hours.

In announcing the news on April 1, a Ukrainian military spokesman said the overall situation along the front line had "escalated."

The spokesman, Andriy Lysenko, also accused the separatists of using heavy weapons, which should have been pulled back according to the cease-fire agreement, known as Minsk II.

Lysenko said fighting was reported at many spots along the front line in the Donetsk region, but most intense around the government-controlled city of Avdiivka and Zaitseve.

He said pro-Russia separatists had used mortars, antiaircraft systems and other weapons in the Popasna district in Luhansk region. That, Lysenko said, had forced Ukrainian authorities to suspend operations at the newly opened Zolote checkpoint.

Lysenko said Ukrainian forces had also come under fire 26 times around Mariupol, a key city on the Sea of Azov.

More than 9,100 people have been killed in the fighting in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region and some 21,000 wounded since the conflict broke out in 2014.

Based on reporting by Interfax and TASS

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