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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)

19:28 30.9.2015

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

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Sergei Aksyonov, aka "Goblin"
Sergei Aksyonov, aka "Goblin"

Former Crimean President (the Republic of Crimea, Ukraine, had a president from February 16, 1994, until March 17, 1995, when the post was liquidated as it went against Ukraine's Constitution) Yuriy Myeshkov has published documents on his Facebook page that allegedly prove the criminal past of the current de facto head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.

"[The documents] shed light on what the current head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov used to do. I thoroughly studied these files. 'Goblin's' records, according to police reports, are impressive -- contract killings, extortion, participation in organized crime groups, etc.," Myeshkov wrote.

"Goblin" is Aksyonov's nickname from the 1990s when he was a part of the "Salem" organized crime group.

Neither Aksyonov nor other Crimean or Russian officials have commented on the issue, according to the Crimea desk of RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.

09:54 1.10.2015

Ukraine's Prosecutor-General's Office has accused 88 Russian citizens of infringement on the territorial integrity of Ukraine and terrorism, according to its press office, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.

In 2014-15 Ukrainian law enforcement conducted more than 9,000 preliminary investigations on various charges -- from committing crimes against Ukraine's national security to creating terrorist groups and other crimes related to separatism.

Nearly 1,000 cases were sent to the courts.

The courts have already found 400 people guilty in some of these crimes and sentenced them to various terms of imprisonment, the Prosecutor-General's Office says.

10:26 1.10.2015

Two Ukrainian soldiers were injured in a tripwire accident in Donbas over the last 24 hours, Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuznyak said, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports. However, no Ukrainian fighters were killed.

The Ukrainian side reported three provocations by the separatists, all in Donetsk Oblast, according to the spokesman. "Donetsk People's Republic" fighters allegedly used small arms and rocket launchers, but the incidents were short -- no longer than 15 minutes.

The Donetsk separatists, meanwhile, said that the Ukrainian side fired two mortar shells at a Donetsk district. However, nobody was injured as a result of the attack, they said.

The pro-Russian separatists in Luhansk have not reported any cease-fire violations by the Ukrainians over the past 24 hours.

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