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A woman carries a baby as she passes destroyed houses following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Slovyansk on June 9.
A woman carries a baby as she passes destroyed houses following what locals say was overnight shelling by Ukrainian forces in the eastern town of Slovyansk on June 9.

Live Blog: Crisis In Ukraine (Archive)

Summary for June 9

-- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry says that Moscow and Kyiv have reached a "mutual understanding" on key parts of a plan proposed by President Petro Poroshenko for ending violence in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine.

-- Reports say up to 20 armed gunmen were trying to seize property from a factory (Topaz) that makes communications and electronic-warfare equipment in the Donetsk region.

-- A deputy foreign minister says Russia will consider any expansion of NATO forces near its borders a "demonstration of hostile intentions" and "take the necessary political and military-technological measures to support our security."

-- A two-man crew for Russian Zvezda TV arrived in Moscow after being released from detention in Ukraine.

-- Serbian officials say their own work on the Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline will have to be suspended after Bulgaria stopped construction of its portion based on EU and U.S. concerns.

-- Ukrainian security forces are reportedly still battling pro-Russian separatists in the east near Slovyansk and Donetsk.

*NOTE: Times are stated according to local time in Kyiv
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Ukrainian officials have acknowledged the destruction of an ammunition depot belonging to separatists near Slovyansk in the Donetsk region.

Vladislav Seleznyov, the spokesman for Ukrainian military operations in eastern Ukraine, said security forces destroyed "one of the largest ammunition depots" in Slovyansk.

Seleznyov said the "antiterrorist operation" was continuing one day after it reported killing more than 300 separatist fighters in eastern Ukraine, a figure that the separatists denied.
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RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports that five cities in Donetsk region are without water due to the violence in eastern Ukraine.
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A Russian confectioner is courting controversy with a line of "Crimea" sweets that dare consumers to "Just Try To Take It!"

It is the subject of an article on the Sibnovosti website.

The packaging, by a company called Chocolate Tradition, shows a chiseled superhero flexing in front of a map of the Ukrainian peninsula, which was annexed by the Kremlin in mid-March in an internationally unrecognized move.

The sweets are bordered by colors similar to those of the "Ribbon of St. George" that has long been used to honor veterans and the Soviet and Russian military but sparked controversy this year in light of Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Sibnovosti says production started soon after the March 16 referendum in Crimea.
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