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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)

15:11 30.10.2016

A report about the large amount of cash in accounts reportedly held by National Security Council head Oleksandr Turchynov:

15:49 30.10.2016

An interview with Francis Malige, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's (EBRD) managing director for Eastern Europe and the Caucasus, on economic reform in Ukraine:

16:01 30.10.2016

A report says that opposition Ukrainian lawmaker Vadym Novinsky has millions of dollars, real estate, businesses, Orthodox Church icons, and several expensive cars in Ukraine and also in countries such as Russia, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom:

16:05 30.10.2016

According to his own declaration, Radical Party leader Oleh Lyashko, is quite a wealthy man:

16:11 30.10.2016

The story of a how child psychologist and his wife, a speech therapist, adapted to life in Kyiv after leaving their home in the Donetsk region:

16:16 30.10.2016

A video report by Radio Svoboda on the decommunization process in the Ukrainian city of Kotovsk (since renamed Podolsk):

16:19 30.10.2016

A Radio Svoboda report on the suspension of funding for an important bridge in the city of Severodonetsk amid corruption charges:

16:20 30.10.2016

A celebration in the Ukrainian town of Lysychanska to mark two years since it was liberated from pro-Russian separatists:

16:22 30.10.2016

Reports of an explosive device found at the train station in Lysychanska:

16:25 30.10.2016

And again in Lysychansk, which is in Ukraine's Luhansk region, a story about an amazing family that has adopted nine orphans:

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