“About 93 percent of voters in the Crimean referendum have answered ‘yes’ to the autonomous republic joining Russia and only 7 percent of the vote participants want the region to remain part of Ukraine, according to first exit polls.” – YT
“PRESIDENT Barack Obama hinted at possible additional sanctions on Russia, warning his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the United States and its allies would “never” recognise Crimea’s breakaway vote.
“In a telephone call, Obama told Putin that the vote that found 95.5 per cent of ballots in favour of the Crimean Peninsula leaving Ukraine to rejoin Russia violated the Ukrainian constitution.” – News.com.au
Tense times ahead.
