Accessibility links

Breaking News
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)

18:11 2.12.2016

18:34 2.12.2016

20:09 2.12.2016

Barring any major developments, that ends the live blogging for today.

16:27 3.12.2016

Lviv government official Yuriy Holets has been detained as he allegedly accepted a $90,000 bribe. He was able to post bail of $2 million and be released.

16:32 3.12.2016

American-Canadian journalist and author Diane Francis told Radio Svoboda that the IT industry is the only business sector in Ukraine that is immune from corruption.

16:33 3.12.2016

16:38 3.12.2016

Ukrainian officials have begin building a 150-meter tower in the Chongar village in the Kherson region that will transmit Ukrainian radio broadcasts into Crimea, where Ukrainian-language broadcasts have been sharply curtailed since Russia's invasion and annexation of the peninsula.

17:11 3.12.2016

A group of people known as the 30 November Group who were injured during the Euromaidan protests in 2013 are calling for General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko to resign and for President Petro Poroshenko to ensure that all security officers responsible for killing and injuring demonstrators on the Maidan be brought to justice.

17:14 3.12.2016

An accompanying video from the November 30 Group and their presentation calling for justice for people wounded during the Euromaidan protests.

20:08 3.12.2016

A pair of video reports from Radio Svoboda on the recently observed anniversary of Holodomor of 1932-33:

Load more

XS
SM
MD
LG