A border guard vessel has been attacked by land-based forces, Ukraine said, hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin called for immediate talks on a political solution to the crisis in the east of the country.

President Vladimir Putin has warned the West against taking one-sided action in Syria.

An explosion went off this evening in a shopping centre in a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, and paramedics said at least one person was killed and 11 were wounded, including five seriously.