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)

14:02 11.4.2017

The Kyiv City Council wants to rename the capital's broad Avenue of Victory:

14:00 11.4.2017

More on Hungary's call for ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine to be given dual citizenship:

13:57 11.4.2017

13:54 11.4.2017

Gazprom is demanding more than $45 billion from Naftogaz in arbitration proceeding:

13:52 11.4.2017

Hungarian officials favor dual citizenship for ethnic Hungarians living in Ukraine:

01:16 11.4.2017

That concludes our live blog for today. Join us again tomorrow for all the latest news from Ukraine.

01:16 11.4.2017

At a wine exhibition in Verona, Italy, the Crimean wine brought by the Russian delegation was removed after an appeal from a Ukrainian exhibitor:

01:00 11.4.2017

A report says President Poroshenko will ask the country's National Security Council about the confiscation of coal by in the Donbas region by the separatists and Russians:

00:57 11.4.2017

More on the dismantling of an activists' blockade in the Luhansk region:

Accessibility links

Follow Us

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)