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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.
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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
15:08 27.5.2014
Interfax has quoted an OSCE "mission representative" as suggesting a group of Special Monitoring Mission members -- an Estonian, a Swiss, a Turk and a Dane -- was "captured."

Previous reports have stopped at saying the OSCE had lost contact with the group.
"The OSCE Mission representatives were captured near the border between the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Contact with them was lost yesterday at around 6 o'clock in the evening. We are doing all we can, using local contacts. The Ukrainian government and regional authorities have been informed about this situation," a Mission representative told Interfax.
15:25 27.5.2014
15:29 27.5.2014
In case you haven't seen it already, Reuters have put together a good photo gallery of the battle at Donetsk airport. Check it out here.
15:32 27.5.2014
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16:02 27.5.2014
16:11 27.5.2014
Our news desk as a few more details on those missing OSCE observers:
The special observer mission of the OSCE in Ukraine says it has lost contact with one of its teams in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, which is largely under the control of pro-Russian separatists.

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe said in a statement today that the last time it had been in touch with the four-member team was yesterday evening, when the monitors were on a routine patrol east of the city of Donetsk.

The statement said that both the Ukrainian government and local authorities have been informed of the situation.

An OSCE spokesman told the BBC that the monitors, all men, were Turkish, Swiss, Estonian, and Danish.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but rebel groups have previously kidnapped OSCE monitors in Ukraine.
16:25 27.5.2014
16:35 27.5.2014

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