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A priest stands in front of a hospital destroyed after shelling between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern city of Donetsk, Ukraine, on January 19.
A priest stands in front of a hospital destroyed after shelling between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern city of Donetsk, Ukraine, on January 19.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

Final Summary For January 20

-- A military spokesman says Ukrainian soldiers on January 20 came under attack from Russian regular forces in the north of the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine.

-- Germany's foreign minister says he and his counterparts from Ukraine, Russia, and France will meet on January 21 in Berlin in a bid to de-escalate the conflict in Ukraine.

-- The chief of Russian gas giant Gazprom says Ukraine's discount "winter price" for natural gas will end on April 1. Gazprom CEO Aleksei Miller said in a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that the price for Kyiv would be set in accordance with a long-standing contract, one Kyiv has long sought to change.

-- Russia says a European Union decision to keep sanctions against Russia in place shows the EU is not ready to change an "unfriendly course" toward Moscow. The EU's decision "only confirms the fact that the EU is still not ready to alter its unfriendly course or to give an objective assessment of the Kyiv authorities' actions," the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

-- A Georgian man fighting on the Ukrainian side in the conflict in Ukraine has been killed in combat near the Donetsk airport, according to relatives. Media reports in Georgia quote members of Tamaz Sukhiashvili's family as saying he was killed in a battle near the bitterly contested airport on January 17.

-- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has expressed deep concern over what it says is the "escalation" of violence between government forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine over the past two weeks. In a statement, the ICRC said the fighting in and around the city of Donetsk was killing civilians and "preventing" its team from carrying out its humanitarian work.

-- An explosion near a courthouse in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has wounded 14 people, four of them seriously.

-- Russia says Kyiv is trying to solve the crisis in eastern Ukraine through military force and that could lead to "irreversible consequences for Ukrainian statehood." Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Karasin spoke to Interfax news agency as Kyiv and Moscow accused each other of ignoring appeals for a cease-fire to be respected.

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

07:09 9.12.2014

From our newsroom:

Ukraine Attempts 'Day Of Silence' Truce

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) greets soldiers at a military base in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuguyev, in the Kharkiv region, on December 6.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko (right) greets soldiers at a military base in the eastern Ukrainian town of Chuguyev, in the Kharkiv region, on December 6.

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08:20 9.12.2014

Fresh comments on today's "Day Of Silence" and the prospect of cease-fire talks, from our newsroom:

A Ukrainian military spokesman said on December 9 that government forces have "suspended all combat actions and are ready for the Day of Silence."

The spokesman added that "if separatists attack, we will fire in response."

The pro-Russian separatists who hold parts of Ukraine’s Donetsk and Luhansk provinces have said they would also comply.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced the September 9 truce plan, saying it was included in a cease-fire deal signed in Minsk on September 5.

He said a new round of peace talks would probably be held on December 9, but several offocials and separatist leaders have said they are likely to be held later in the week, probably on December 12.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the talks would be held "in the coming days."

Based on reporting by Reuters and RIA Novosti

08:36 9.12.2014

Our Ukrainian Service quotes Ukrainian military officials saying separatist forces launched 64 attacks on the eve of the "Day of Silence," killing at least two people and injuring 10 noncombatants.

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08:41 9.12.2014

Pro-Kyiv military blogger Dmitry Tymchuk says "two consolidated...tactical group[s]" of "Russian troops and Russian mercenaries" have arrived in Donetsk in "recent days."

08:42 9.12.2014

The Minsk talks are indeed delayed, it appears.

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