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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Ukrainian officials on whether Savchenko broke any laws by visiting Ukrainian soldiers being held captive in the Donbas region controlled by separatists:

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Another report on Poroshenko's signing a decree on a new doctrine of information security for Ukraine:

02:36 26.2.2017

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Reports that a new blockade is being set up near Mariupol in the village of Novotroitskoye to prevent goods from going from separatist-controlled areas to the rest of Ukraine:

02:45 26.2.2017

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Germany's Der Spiegel over the case of Ukrainian oligarch Dmytro Firtash:

02:54 26.2.2017

Ukraine, the host of the Eurovision Song Contest this year, will be represented by the band O.Torvald singing the English-language song "Time":

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