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

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Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council (CLICK TO ENLARGE):

16:22 7.8.2015

Pretty powerful video taken by a drone flying over the graves of 57 unknown Ukrainian servicemen who were buried today in Zaporizhzhya. The men were killed in clashes for Ilovaisk and Savur-Mohyla way back in 2014.

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WATCH: 'River Of Blood' At Anti-OSCE Protest In Donetsk

Protesters in Donetsk, held by Russian-backed separatists, gathered outside a hotel used by OSCE monitors.

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That concludes our live-blogging of the Ukraine crisis for Friday, August 7. Thanks for reading. Check back here tomorrow for more of our continuing coverage.

14:38 8.8.2015

Weapons and ammunition discovered by Ukrainian secret service agents in Odesa.

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