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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From a Kremlin-funded network (and, despite the headline, only Syria's parliament speaker has said this. There is no news of a formal decision having been made by Damascus yet):

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Good morning,

Here are a few of the things that caught our attention in recent hours:

And there's also this from the spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry:

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We are now closing the live blog for today, but we will be back again with all the latest developments tomorrow morning. Until then, you can catch up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.

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