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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)

20:08 3.12.2016

The second Holodomor video:

20:11 3.12.2016

A video profile of a Ukrainian poet who lives just a few kilometers from the frontline in the Donbas.

20:13 3.12.2016

A Radio Svoboda guide to depressing places in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk:

20:28 3.12.2016

A group of Ukrainian hackers claims to have discovered Russia's latest military doctrines on establishing air superiority:

00:03 4.12.2016

Ukrainian Deputy Minister for Occupied Territories Heorhiy Tuka said in an interview with the Ukrainian Apostrof publication on December 3 that the government is dependent on coal from the occupied eastern regions of the country, TASS reported. "Coal is coming from Donbas as Ukraine cannot do without it," Tuka said, noting that one-third of homes in Ukraine are heated with coal from areas of the country controlled by separatists. Ihor Kononenko, a deputy head in the Pyotr Poroshenko Bloc, said Kyiv was buying coal from the Donbas because it is much cheaper than coal from South Africa.

00:06 4.12.2016

An estimated 44 towns and villages in Ukraine are without power due to heavy snowstoms:

00:09 4.12.2016

Pro-Russia Crimean authorities are vowing to prevent Ukrainian radio and TV broadcasts from being received on the Ukrainian peninsula:

00:10 4.12.2016

That concludes coverage of our Ukraine Live Blog for today. Please join us again tomorrow for more news.

11:47 4.12.2016

11:50 4.12.2016

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