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

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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)

00:06 4.12.2016

An estimated 44 towns and villages in Ukraine are without power due to heavy snowstoms:

00:03 4.12.2016

Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Occupied Territories Heorhiy Tuka said in an interview with the Ukrainian Apostrof publication on December 3 that the government is dependent on coal from the occupied eastern regions of the country, TASS reported. "Coal is coming from Donbas as Ukraine cannot do without it," Tuka said, noting that one-third of homes in Ukraine are heated with coal from areas of the country controlled by separatists. Ihor Kononenko, a deputy head in the Pyotr Poroshenko Bloc, said Kyiv was buying coal from the Donbas because it is much cheaper than coal from South Africa.

20:28 3.12.2016

A group of Ukrainian hackers claims to have discovered Russia's latest military doctrines on establishing air superiority:

20:13 3.12.2016

A Radio Svoboda guide to depressing places in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk:

20:11 3.12.2016

A video profile of a Ukrainian poet who lives just a few kilometers from the frontline in the Donbas.

20:08 3.12.2016

The second Holodomor video:

20:08 3.12.2016

A pair of video reports from Radio Svoboda on the recently observed anniversary of Holodomor of 1932-33:

17:14 3.12.2016

An accompanying video from the November 30 Group and their presentation calling for justice for people wounded during the Euromaidan protests.

17:11 3.12.2016

A group of people known as the 30 November Group who were injured during the Euromaidan protests in 2013 are calling for General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko to resign and for President Petro Poroshenko to ensure that all security officers responsible for killing and injuring demonstrators on the Maidan be brought to justice.

16:38 3.12.2016

Ukrainian officials have begin building a 150-meter tower in the Chongar village in the Kherson region that will transmit Ukrainian radio broadcasts into Crimea, where Ukrainian-language broadcasts have been sharply curtailed since Russia's invasion and annexation of the peninsula.

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