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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)

22:42 24.6.2017

A report from Radio Svoboda on the Ukrainian military installing a temporary bridge:

22:40 24.6.2017

The Council of Europe gets involved in the case of the missing RFE/RL journalist:

22:38 24.6.2017

The opening of the Department of the Border Service building (video):

22:36 24.6.2017

From our Central Newsroom:

The Ukrainian military has said that two soldiers were killed and two wounded in the eastern part of the country despite a cease-fire that began on June 23.

In a statement posted on Facebook on June 24, the military accused antigovernment rebels of firing artillery rounds in both the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. The statement did not provide details about the casualties.

The two sides and representatives of Moscow and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) agreed on the cease-fire on June 21. It is intended to last until August 31 to allow locals to harvest crops.

Representatives of the Russia-backed rebels on June 24 accused government forces of violating the cease-fire 10 times, adding that information about the purported violations had been sent to the OSCE monitors.

The conflict in eastern Ukraine has claimed more than 10,000 lives since it began in early 2014, shortly after Moscow annexed the Ukrainian region of Crimea.

With reporting by AFP

18:06 24.6.2017

National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine chief Oleksandr Turchynov has proposed that Russian citizens entering Ukraine should only be allowed through with a biometric passport:

18:03 24.6.2017

17:59 24.6.2017

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov was on hand for a ceremony marking the initiation of a new border guard division:

17:53 24.6.2017

17:51 24.6.2017

An OSCE monitoring drone in eastern Ukraine has spotted a large breakage in the region's water system that could affect the availability of drinking water to as many as 1.5 million people:

17:48 24.6.2017

Lviv is investing $95 million in an IT park:

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