Crimea
Ukraine slams Apple for calling Crimea part of Russia
Russian lawmakers said on Wednesday that Apple had complied with a demand from Moscow for Crimea to appear as Russian territory on its maps and weather apps.
The 41-year-old has played a twofold game, underlining that he is a man of the people while attacking the traditional political class that he has denounced as corrupt.
A month after scoring a landslide victory against incumbent Petro Poroshenko in polls, the 41-year-old becomes Ukraine's youngest post-Soviet president.
The ministry said earlier on Monday that crew members were jumping into the sea to escape the blaze, which probably broke out during a ship-to-ship fuel transhipment.
In his first extensive remarks since the confrontation at sea on Sunday, Putin said it had been orchestrated by Kiev as a "provocation".
Russia opened fire on the Ukrainian boats and then seized them and their crews on Sunday near Crimea - which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
The confrontation at sea has raised fears of a wider military escalation and the UN Security Council was to hold an emergency session later Monday to consider a response.
The confrontation at sea is a dangerous development in the long-running conflict pitting Ukraine against Russia and Russian-backed rebels in the east of the country.
The meeting was requested by both Russia and Ukraine, diplomatic sources told AFP.
There were no immediate clues as to his motive in mounting such an attack, which recalled similar shooting sprees carried out by students in US schools.
Earlier reports said 18 had died in the attack but it is not clear if the figure included the attacker.
In February, a surge of violence around the government-held industrial town of Avdiivka cut off power and water to thousands of civilians on the front line.
His critics accuse him of sacrificing emerging political and economic freedoms to the idea of Soviet-style.
Relations between Russia and the United States are at their lowest since the Cold War.
The Kremlin leader trumpeted his annexation of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula in a speech.
The U.S. & EU have imposed new sanctions against Russia, tightening financial measures against Moscow.
Cameron Dalziel’s family confirmed his wife received notification he boarded flight MH17.
The Ukrainian president has ordered a seven-day ceasefire in the fight against pro-Russian separatists.
The Ukrainian government is seeking peace but faces a rebellion by pro-Russian separatists.