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A woman carries a baby as she passes destroyed houses following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Slovyansk on June 9.
A woman carries a baby as she passes destroyed houses following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Slovyansk on June 9.

Live Blog: Crisis In Ukraine (Archive)

Summary for June 9

-- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says that Moscow and Kyiv have reached a "mutual understanding" on key parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.

-- Reports say up to 20 armed gunmen were trying to seize property from a factory (Topaz) that makes communications and electronic-warfare equipment in the Donetsk region.

-- A deputy foreign minister says Russia will consider any expansion of NATO forces near its borders a "demonstration of hostile intentions" and "take the necessary political and military-technological measures to support our security."

-- A two-man crew for Russian Zvezda TV arrived in Moscow after being released from detention in Ukraine.

-- Serbian officials say their own work on the Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline will have to be suspended after Bulgaria stopped construction of its portion based on EU and U.S. concerns.

-- Ukrainian security forces are reportedly still battling pro-Russian separatists in the east near Slovyansk and Donetsk.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
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Separatists in Slovyansk deliver an ultimatum to Ukraine's armed forces: withdraw or else.
12:05 15.5.2014
Speaking in parliament in Kyiv about the ongoing offensive against pro-Russian rebels in the country's east, acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov said:
"A hidden military base for terrorists near Kramatorsk was completely destroyed last night as part of the antiterrorist operation."

"A fortified area was attacked and destroyed overnight in Slovyansk and a 5-kilometer zone around the TV tower, which transmits Ukrainian television signals for the cities of Slovyansk, Kramatorsk, and other areas of the Donetsk region, was completely cleared of terrorists."
12:02 15.5.2014
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"The Russian Education Ministry has announced that teachers of Ukrainian language and literature in Crimean schools will be retrained as teachers of Russian. Not only is the main language of tuition changing at the Ukrainian Lyceum in Simferopol, but a Russian flag has now been raised over it."

Read more here: Ukrainian language pushed out of Crimean schools
11:42 15.5.2014
After pro-Russian separatists in Donetsk asked Moscow to allow their self-declared "republic" to join the Russian Federation, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service asked Donetsk residents if they thought their region should stay in Ukraine or join Russia.
Vox Pop: Should Donetsk Stay In Ukraine?
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