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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)

07:16 27.12.2016

23:31 26.12.2016

We are now closing the live blog for today, but we'll be back again tomorrow morning to follow all the latest developments. Until then, you can keep up with all our other Ukraine coverage here.

22:59 26.12.2016

An opinion piece:

21:33 26.12.2016

It does sound like Ukraine exports a lot of snails:

21:30 26.12.2016

21:20 26.12.2016

Following up on our earlier post, here's some information on why Ukraine Today is shutting down (from their website):

Ukraine Today - international news project set up by commercial broadcaster 1+1 Media Group - is forced to cease its operations.

The project began in August 2014. Ukraine Today's main purpose was to counter information war waged on Ukraine by Russian propaganda media outlets following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The launch of Ukraine Today served more of a social purpose rather than business interests. At the time of our launch, there was no public equivalent which could provide the same function.

Last year, Ukraine's public service broadcaster launched its own international TV channel. Ukraine Today is confident that our project has fulfilled its mission.

You can read the entire statement here.

19:51 26.12.2016

Not surprisingly, Ukraine gets more than a mention:

19:41 26.12.2016

19:39 26.12.2016

No idea why they're shutting down, but sad to see them go. We've used a fair bit of their content here over the past year or so.

17:56 26.12.2016

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