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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)

19:46 3.5.2017

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has been speaking to the State Department today and he mentioned Ukraine in one of his remarks regarding Washington's relationship with Moscow:

"Today there is almost no trust between us. Can we build some level of trust, [then] we got a long list of things to work on, from our arms agreements and issues we have with our nuclear arms agreements to obviously getting to Ukraine, Crimea, and other places where Russia is not being particularly helpful today. So that's what we are hoping that we can begin to build a way in which we can learn how to work with one another. I don't know whether we can or not. We are going to find out."

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