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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This ends our live blogging for January 28. Be sure to check back tomorrow for our continuing coverage.

18:44 29.1.2017

A man in Simferopol paying tribute to the memorial for the Krut village fighters:

18:48 29.1.2017

A commemoration in Prague for the Krut memorial:

18:49 29.1.2017

A report on the fighting in Donbas:

18:54 29.1.2017

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Another report on intensified fighting near Avdiyivka:

18:57 29.1.2017

Ukrainian Defense Minister Stepan Poltorak promises more money will go to the country's military hospitals:

18:59 29.1.2017

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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