WORLD_ UKRAINE_ Ukraine crisis: Merkel, U.S. warn Putin of Crimea annexation

Ukraine crisis: Merkel, U.S. warn Putin of Crimea annexation Ukraine PM to visit U.S. to discuss Crimea standoff

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Posted: Mar 09, 2014 7:37 AM ET
Last Updated: Mar 09, 2014 3:12 PM ET
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A few thousand people gathered in Crimea's Lenin Square on Sunday morning for a rally in support of a 'Yes' vote in the March 16 referendum on Crimea joining the Russian Federation. (Darko Vojinovic/Associated Press)

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Germany's Angela Merkel delivered a rebuke to President Vladimir Putin on Sunday, telling him that a planned Moscow-backed referendum on whether Crimea should join Russia was illegal and violated Ukraine's constitution.

Putin defended breakaway moves by pro-Russian leaders in Crimea, where Russian forces tightened their grip on the Ukrainian region by seizing another border post.

As thousands staged rival rallies in Crimea, street violence flared in Sebastopol, when pro-Russian activists and Cossack militiamen attacked a group of Ukrainians.

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Russian forces' seizure of the Black Sea peninsula has been bloodless but tensions are mounting following the decision by pro-Russian groups there to make Crimea part of Russia.

The operation to seize Crimea began within days of Ukraine's pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovich's flight from the country last month. Yanukovich was toppled after three months of demonstrations against a decision to spurn a free trade deal with the European Union for closer ties with Russia.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk will hold talks with President Barack Obama in Washington on Wednesday on how to find a peaceful resolution to the crisis, the White House said.

One of Obama's top national security officials said the United States would not recognise the annexation of Crimea by Russia if residents vote to leave Ukraine in a referendum next week.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-crisis-merkel-u-s-warn-putin-of-crimea-annexation-1.2565729


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