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)

00:09 30.1.2017

00:08 30.1.2017

Strange video of Ukrainian and Russian biathletes deciding not to listen to Russian national anthem after competition:

00:05 30.1.2017

An article on the legalization of guns in Ukraine:

00:02 30.1.2017

19:27 29.1.2017

19:23 29.1.2017

More on the reburial in Kyiv of author and poet Oleksandr Oles:

19:22 29.1.2017

19:20 29.1.2017

16 Ukrainian soldiers were awarded for exemplary service:

19:14 29.1.2017

Defense Minister Poltorak on the fighting at Andiyivka:

19:11 29.1.2017

Video from Radio Svoboda of the reburial in Kyiv of famous Ukrainian writer and poet Oleksander Oles, who died in Prague in 1944, where he was originally buried.

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