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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Ukrainians Ponder Savchenko's Future

What does the future hold for freed Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko? After nearly two years of imprisonment, she was released by Russia on May 25 in a prisoner exchange. Savchenko's defiance behind bars helped make her a hero for many Ukrainians. People on the streets of Kyiv weighed in on what might await her. (RFE/RL's Current Time TV)

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Georgians Celebrate Independence Day

Thousands of people crowded into the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to celebrate 25 years of independence from the Soviet Union. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)

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