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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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UPDATE: Several injured in Inter TV fire:

Five people were reportedly hurt when a fire broke at a Ukrainian television station in Kyiv.

TV Inter's headquarters caught fire on September 4 after a group of around 20 protesters gathered outside the building and set tires afire and threw them in the building.

Reports say that several employees were treated for carbon-monoxide poisoning while another suffered a broken leg, according to an Inter statement.

Kyiv police official Andrei Krishenko said witnesses indicated a smoke bomb was 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. (AP, Interfax, TASS)

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20:19 5.9.2016

'Arson' At TV Station Underscores Threat To Free Speech In Ukraine

An apparent arson attack against a popular television news channel is underscoring fears that jingoism-fueled hostility toward journalists could extinguish free speech in Ukraine. read more

22:15 5.9.2016

This ends our live blogging for September 5. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.

09:23 6.9.2016

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