Russia Will settle for Crimea Peninsula, "No Intention" of Further Ukraine Incursion - Russian Lavrov

After the US president Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin telephone conversations in the early hour of today, Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said on Saturday that Russia  had "no intention" of invading eastern Ukraine. This is response  to Western warnings over a military buildup on the border following Moscow's annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

Kiev clashes: Govt and opposition talks fail, new wave of unrest in Ukraine; Russia says UN resolution "Counterproductive"

Ukraine's Ministry of Health reports that the number of victims of the riots in Kiev has reached 25 people.

"Twenty five people have died: eight of them after having been hospitalized in city hospitals (including a journalist from “Vesti” newspaper), and four in the hospital of the Interior Ministry. Thirteen victims have been conveyed to the Kiev city clinical bureau of forensic medical examination," the Ministry of Health reports.

Putin Takes Over Ukrainian Sub In Crimea

On the Orders of President Putin, Russian Navy said Saturday that it took over Ukraine’s only submarine, based in Sevastopol, Crimea. It is now part of Russia’s historic Black Sea Fleet and brings the number of Russian subs stationed in the Crimean peninsula to four.