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)

11:21 12.2.2017

Good morning. We'll start the live blog today with a couple of things that caught our eye overnight:

And here's a tweet from the deputy head of Ukraine's investment promotion office:

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Alec Luhn sounds a wee bit skeptical...

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From the Lithuanian foreign minister:

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Nolan Peterson, who often writes for the right-leaning Daily Signal, has an opinion piece in Newsweek:

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Here is today's map of the latest situation in the Donbas conflict zone, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry:

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There appears to have been a protest at the Berlin film festival in support of the jailed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov (You can read more about him here.)

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