An activist stops a lorry near the village of Chongar, in the Kherson region adjacent to Crimea.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (ARCHIVE)

September 21, 2015 03:21 CET

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Final Summary For September 21

-- NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has called on Russia to withdraw heavy weapons from eastern Ukraine.

-- No trucks have passed through the administrative border from mainland Ukraine to Crimea overnight, according to Oleh Slobodyan, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Service.

-- Hundreds of pro-Kyiv activists from Crimea's Tatar community and other opposition activists are taking part in the blockade of roads from Ukraine to the Crimean peninsula to protest Russia's annexation of the region last year.

-- The German government has criticized Russia for not distancing itself from plans by Russian-backed separatists to hold local elections in eastern Ukraine without consulting Kyiv.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv

08:16 31.8.2015

Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with some of the more interesting tweets that came in overnight:

And the pic in this tweet appears to depict the last few days of the tourist season in Crimea. Not exactly a bumper year, it seems...

19:27 30.8.2015

This ends our live blogging for August 30. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.

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In Crimea:

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Here is today's map of the military situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:

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