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)

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Former Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko

Yushchenko: "Putin's Plan Was To Leave A Wound That Bleeds For Many Years."

Speaking to RFE/RL as part of our Russia And Me series, Ukrainian ex-President Viktor Yushchenko says his country hasn't had a day of peace in 350 years. But the former leader is confident that Ukrainians will prevail. After all, he says, "truth and God" are on their side.

Hear what else Yushchenko had to say here.

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This ends our live blogging for February 19. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.

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