London (CNN Business) Apple is facing a backlash from Ukraine after marking the disputed territory of Crimea as a part of Russia in its apps for Russian users.

Apple's AAPL CNN reporters in Russia on Thursday confirmed thatmap app lists cities in Crimea, such as Sevastopol, as being in Russia. Apple Maps also shows a border between the rest of Ukraine and Crimea — and no border at the Kerch Strait, between Russia and Crimea.

For users outside of Russia, Crimea appears as part of Ukraine in Apple Maps, and without a country designation when searching in the weather app.

For Russian users Apple Maps now shows a border between the rest of Ukraine and Crimea.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 after a popular uprising unseated Ukraine's pro-Russian president. Violence continues in the conflict zone in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian soldiers. Ukraine and its western backers, including the United States, say Russia's annexation of Crimea was illegal and have imposed economic sanctions, including freezing assets and restricting trade.

The Russian parliament had been pressuring Apple for months to change how Crimea was portrayed in its apps and to fall in line with a law that sets out rules for "assigning or using the names of geographical objects."

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