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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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In case you missed this photo gallery the first time around:

A Week With Ukraine's Volunteer Fighters

These images document a week in the lives of the men in a volunteer nationalist battalion fighting against Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine. While many volunteer battalions were absorbed into the official Ukrainian military, some are still on the front lines, operating in unofficial relationships with government forces. These men are positioned in a rundown building just outside Donetsk, where the war drags on despite an official cease-fire agreement. The photos were taken in early October 2016.

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Ukraine Crisis Summit Set For October 19 In Berlin

The leaders of Germany, France, Russia, and Ukraine are to hold a summit in Berlin on October 19 to discuss efforts toward peace in eastern Ukraine.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has invited President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, and President Francois Hollande of France to "assess the implementation” of the Minsk agreements, her spokesman Steffen Seibert said on October 18.

Seibert said they will also “discuss further steps" in the process toward ending the Ukraine crisis.

The four leaders held their last summit on Ukraine in Paris in October 2015.

The 2015 Minsk peace agreement brokered by France and Germany has helped end large-scale fighting between Ukrainian government forces and Russia-backed separatists in the country’s east, but clashes have continued and efforts to reach a political settlement have stalled.

The conflict has killed more than 9,600 people since April 2014.

Based on reporting by AP, AFP, and dpa
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