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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)

07:49 26.10.2016

More on this purported leak, which has been the source of some controversy:

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Interesting piece this:

Here's an excerpt:

"Just stop shooting!"

That, reportedly, was what Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko shouted at his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin last week as the two had an apparently heated exchange during talks in Berlin over the conflict in eastern Ukraine.

As reported by news website Liga, citing sources in the Ukrainian delegation present at the talks, Poroshenko interrupted Putin to make the remark, raising his voice in the process.

The Ukrainian president has, however, denied those reports. Speaking in recent days on Ukrainian television he said, “I never raise my voice during negotiations. But I did ask Putin to stop artillery fire from Russian troops.”

The Kremlin has backed up Poroshenko’s version of events, with Russian presidential spokesman Dimitry Peskov telling state-backed news agency RIA Novosti that Putin and Poroshenko had a “difficult” conversation, but that no voices were raised.

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We can vouch for this -- a long but worthwhile read:

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