Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered limits on agricultural and food imports from the US and EU countries in retaliation for sanctions they have imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine.
Dutch air crash investigators have arrived in Torez in eastern Ukraine, where the remains of the victims of the Malaysia Airlines MH17 plane crash are being stored.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his troops near the Ukrainian border to pull out, says the Kremlin.
In Ukraine, separatist leaders rejected the Russian president’s call for postponing the referendum. This is a high-risk game for them – not only if Putin’s call for a delay was genuine, but also in light of the most recent opinion polls.
The US and EU are readying fresh sanctions against Russian companies and high profile individuals amid the continuing crisis in Ukraine.