Ukraine Crisis Update: September 3, 2015
Sep 3, 2015 - Hugo Spaulding![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/Ukraine%20SITREP%20September%203%20high_0.png?itok=9R4BRsx7)
Russian-backed separatists initially abided by a short-term ceasefire beginning September 1, which was designed to reduce the number of civilian casualties during the first week of the Ukrainian school year.