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 05:48 CET

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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11:48 5.10.2016

Here is today's map of the latest situation in the Donbas conflict zone, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry (CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE):

11:38 5.10.2016

A tweet from the U.S. ambassador to the OSCE:

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09:14 5.10.2016

Good morning,

As we often do, we'll get the live blog rolling with a few tweets that caught our eye in the past few hours:

22:08 4.10.2016

We are now closing the live blog for today. Join us again tomorrow morning, but until then you can catch up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.

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Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)