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Ten-year-old Sasha stands in a bomb shelter in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
Ten-year-old Sasha stands in a bomb shelter in Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

Follow all of the latest developments as they happen.

Final News Summary For September 29

-- We have started a new Ukraine Live Blog. Find it here.

-- Ukraine is marking 75 years since the World War II massacre of 33,771 Jews on the outskirts of Nazi-occupied Kyiv.

-- German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to stabilize a fragile cease-fire in Ukraine and do all he could to improve what Merkel called a "catastrophic humanitarian situation" in Syria.

-- Russia's Supreme Court has upheld a decision by a Moscow-backed Crimean court to ban the Mejlis, the self-governing body of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Ukrainian territory.

* NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv (GMT/UTC +3)

02:23 25.9.2016

An interview with former Deputy PM Volodymyr Lanoviy on the prospects of growing GDP in Ukraine (he's not very optimistic at the moment):

02:17 25.9.2016

Pro-Russia prosecutors in Crimea are seeking to extend the sentence of a captive Crimean Tatar leader:

02:14 25.9.2016

A great report on Ukrainian parliament deputies who either own their own planes or regularly pay big sums to rent their own charter flights:

02:10 25.9.2016

A report by OSCE monitors in Donbas on violations of the cease-fire agreement:

02:08 25.9.2016

Video of flag day celebrations in occupied Crimea:

02:04 25.9.2016

A Radio Svoboda report on the infighting among the Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine's Luhansk region:

00:50 25.9.2016

The latest from Russia on the two Ukrainian "saboteurs" in Crimea:

00:28 25.9.2016

Nadia Savchenko says she opposes granting a special status to any parts of the Donetsk or Luhansk regions:

00:21 25.9.2016

00:17 25.9.2016

A report suggesting a Russia adviser for Donald Trump has promised the Kremlin an end to economic sanctions if Trump wins the presidency:

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