Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with a few of the things that caught our eye overnight:
First this:
And here's the economist Timothy Ash tweeting about a Kyiv demonstration yesterday calling for the closure of all Russian banks in the country. The protesters used an effigy of Ukraine's central bank chairwoman Valeriya Hontareva to make their point:
And, in case you missed it, here's a tweet linking to an interview Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Hroysman did with Current Time TV on the blockade in the east:
That concludes our live-blogging of the Ukraine crisis for March 1, 2017. Check back here tomorrow for more of our ongoing coverage.
More on Boris Johnson's visit to Ukraine:
Ukraine Simplifies Legal Process For Gender Transition
Ukraine's Health Ministry has taken steps to reduce the legal obstacles faced by transgender people. Since the end of December 2016, it's no longer necessary to petition a board of mental health professionals or spend a month in a psychiatric facility in order to legally change one's gender. (Maryna Stupak, Current Time TV)
