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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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Saakashvili resigns as Odesa governor:

Mikheil Saakashvili, the self-exiled former Georgian president, has resigned from his post as the governor of Ukraine's Odesa region.

Saakashvili told reporters on November 7 that "the last straw that broke my patience" was Ukrainian officials' income declarations last week. The data exposed a vast difference between the fortunes of politicians and those they represent.

Media reports from preliminary data obtained from those declarations placed President Petro Poroshenko and several lawmakers from his political party -- the Petro Poroshenko's Bloc "Solidarity" -- on a list of the richest individuals in Ukraine, with assets in cash and property valued at millions of dollars.

Saakashvili accused the Ukrainian authorities of corruption and said that Poroshenko "personally supports" corrupt clans in the Odesa region.

Saakashvili vowed to "continue our fight" against corruption in Ukraine along with "young and honest forces."

Saakashvili, who served as president of Georgia from 2004-2013, had led the Odesa region since May 2015. (UNIAN, Ukrayinska Pravda)

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