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A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard in the city of Schastye in the Luhansk region late last month.
A Ukrainian serviceman stands guard in the city of Schastye in the Luhansk region late last month.

Live Blog: Ukraine In Crisis (Archive)

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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Pro-Russia groups in Crimea have marked the third anniversary of the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula by Moscow. Children performing at a ceremony in Sevastopol on March 18 sang and acted out a Russian song of war for the occasion. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)

Children In Crimea Stage Russian War Song
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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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