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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)

19:47 7.5.2016

A court in Sumy has stopped the decommunization process of renaming the streets of the city based on a complaint filed by an opposition politician.

19:44 7.5.2016

President Poroshenko has kept Hennadiy Moskal as head of the Zarkapattia region:

19:42 7.5.2016

State Fiscal Service Director Roman Nasirov said today that more than 100 million hryvnia (nearly $4 million) has been collected from customs fees and will be used to rebuild roads.

19:32 7.5.2016

A report on the Crimean hotels offering half price to people who come during the May holidays:

19:30 7.5.2016

Some spectacular photos showing how Ukraine's Motherland Monument in Kyiv was adorned with poppies to mark the end of World War II anniversary:

19:25 7.5.2016

Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman announced today that a special interagency group will be set up to monitor the customs procedures in an effort to prevent corruption.

18:56 7.5.2016

A cool GIF with photos of celebrations in the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk, which celebrated its city day today.

18:54 7.5.2016

Pro-Russian representatives in the Crimean city of Yevpatoriya detained and questioned 25 Crimean Tatars today:

18:46 7.5.2016

RFE/RL's Crimean desk has this report on Crimean history:

18:44 7.5.2016

Roman Nasirov, head of Ukraine's State Fiscal Service, announced plans to create 20 mobile units to combat smuggling along the country's western border.

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