A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard in the city of Schastye in the Luhansk region late last month.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

September 01, 2017 03:48 GMT

Final News Summary For September 1, 2017

-- EDITOR'S NOTE: We have started a new Ukraine Live Blog as of September 2, 2017. Find it here.

-- Ukraine says it will introduce new border-crossing rules from next year, affecting citizens of “countries that pose risks for Ukraine.”

-- The Association Agreement strengthening ties between Ukraine and the European Union entered into force on September 1, marking an end to four years of political drama surrounding the accord.

-- The trial of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena will resume later this month after the first hearing in weeks produced little progress toward a resolution of the politically charged case.

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

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01:02 20.8.2017

Russian ban on Jehovah's Witnesses -- for being extremists -- makes its way to Crimea:

01:00 20.8.2017

Kharkiv Mayor Hennadiy Kernes blames Yanukovych for the war in the Donbas:

00:55 20.8.2017

Bad weather having a detrimental affect on some of the vineyards in Crimea:

00:54 20.8.2017

Two judges lose their posts after being charged with bribe-taking:

00:51 20.8.2017

A social-media video on the arrest of the five people in Crimea for holding single-person pickets:

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