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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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Russia says apprehends Ukrainian "saboteur group" in Crimea:

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has apprehended three suspected members of a Ukrainian "saboteur group" in Russian-annexed Crimea.

In a statement on November 10, the FSB said it "detained members of a sabotage-terrorist group from the main intelligence directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry" in the city of Sevastopol on November 9.

The FSB said the group "planned to carry out acts of sabotage on objects of military and public infrastructure," and had in their possession "powerful explosive devices, weapons, ammunition" and communication equipment.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry rejected the FSB's claims, calling it "another fabrication of the Russian secret services aimed to justify its own repressive measures against local residents and discredit Ukraine on the international arena."

Earlier in August, Moscow said it thwarted an incursion into the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula by Ukrainian saboteurs and accused Kyiv of plotting "terror" in Crimea.

Kyiv rejected the charges as "cynical" and deployed troops near Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014, on high alert. (TASS, Interfax)

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Will anything come of this "incident" this time? The last "saboteurs" disappeared with barely a ripple.

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