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

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

September 29, 2016 07:28 CET

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)

09:31 1.5.2016

Our sister network, VOA, has an interview with the deputy speaker of the Ukrainian parliament.

Kyiv Sees No Elections in Eastern Ukraine Until Russians Leave

17:40 30.4.2016

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13:44 30.4.2016

12:19 30.4.2016

Live now on the site.

Interview: In Eastern Ukraine, 'Too Many Troops Willing To Fire'

With so many opposing troops massed in close proximity along the line of separation, you can expect more civilians to be caught in the line of fire in eastern Ukraine. RFE/RL Ukrainian Service correspondent Rostislav Khotin interviews senior International Crisis Group adviser Paul Quinn-Judge.

10:49 30.4.2016

10:48 30.4.2016

From Reuters:

McDonald's probes copycat burger joint in separatist east Ukraine

21:54 29.4.2016

We are now closing the live blog for today. Until we resume again tomorrow morning, you can keep up with all our Ukraine coverage here.

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