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)
President Poroshenko promises that the Ukrainian national anthem will once again be heard in the separatist-controlled city of Donetsk:
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Russia is providing less access to its war maneuvers next month in Belarus than the U.S.S.R did during the Cold War:
