Russia-Ukraine live news: Erdogan decries Western ‘provocations’

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks throughout a joint information convention with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. [Marko Djurica/Reuters]

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan decries Western “provocations” in opposition to Russia.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin calls the Ukrainian authorities an “illegitimate regime”, saying it was based after a “coup” in 2014.