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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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Here is today's map of the security situation in eastern Ukraine, according to the National Security and Defense Council:

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OSCE Chief To Meet With Lavrov In Moscow, Discuss Ukraine Conflict

By RFE/RL

The head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on April 25 in Moscow.

OSCE Secretary-General Lamberto Zannier's April 24-27 visit comes after an American paramedic working as an OSCE monitor in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine was killed when an OSCE vehicle hit a land mine in separatist-controlled territory on April 23.

Zannier has repeatedly voiced concern about limits on the freedom of movement of the monitors and threatening behavior by the separatists.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said talks with Zannier would focus on efforts to end the conflict between government forces and the Russia-backed separatists, which has killed more than 9,900 people since April 2014.

Zannier was accompanied by Marcel Pesko, the director of the OSCE's conflict prevention center.

Pesko will visit border-crossing points on the Russian-Ukrainian border, portions of which are controlled by the separatists.

The Russian ministry said discussions will also touch on unresolved conflicts in Moldova's Transdniester region, the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan, and elsewhere in the South Caucasus.

With reporting by Interfax and TASS
22:26 24.4.2017

We are now closing the live blog for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow morning to follow all the latest developments. Until then, you can keep up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.

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