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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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15:31 30.11.2016

Russian forces in Crimea on high alert ahead of test:

Russia’s state-run TASS news agency reports that Russian air-defense forces in the Crimea region have been placed on high alert on the eve of planned Ukrainian missile tests near the Black Sea peninsula.

Moscow has protested the tests planned for December 1-2 near Crimea, which Russia seized and illegally annexed from Ukraine in March 2014.

Russia's Foreign Ministry on November 30 called the planned missile tests a "new large-scale provocation," saying they were aimed at "escalating the conflict between Ukraine and Russia."

16:11 30.11.2016

A map of the upcoming Crimea missile test:

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