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)

June 09, 2014 04:37 CET

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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AFP is reporting that two Russian journalists from LifeNews have been released:

MOSCOW, May 25, 2014 (AFP) - Two Russian journalists held for a week after being detained by pro-government forces in eastern Ukraine were released Sunday and flew to Moscow.

Speaking to reporters in the Russian capital, the two journalists for website LifeNews denied claims -- repeated last week by the State Department in Washington -- that they had been carrying anti-aircraft missiles when detained.

Reporter Oleg Sidyakin and cameraman Marat Saichenko were detained on May 18 near the city of Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region, where Ukrainian troops are fighting pro-Moscow rebels who have declared independence.

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk speaking to journalists after casting his vote:

"Ukrainians have won themselves the right to choose their leaders. All attempts to wreck the election made by Russia and Russian-funded terrorists are bound to fail. Ukraine will have a legitimately elected head of state."

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