i don't think we're going to get crimea back for ukraine, unfortunately. obviously the united states is not goining to war with russia over crimea, but we can probably get a few things out of russia to calm the situation down and not go further. one of those things has to be russian recognition of the legitimacy of the new government in ukraine. mr. yanukovych ran from ukraine. he sits very bravely across the border now pretending still to be president, but even president putin isn't saying that he wants to reinstate yanukovych as a president, even though he's saying that he was legitimately elected president, and that's true. but the fact is that he has been impeached. whether or not its constitutional is irrelevant, the fact speak for itself. there is a government in ukraine and we need russia to deal with it and speak with it. the reason why john kerry is not going over to russia to speak is because the russians won't speak to the ukrainians, and that really is a condition for moving forward at all. so that's one thing. if we can see crimea as gone, then

today the russian flag flies on top of 200 ukrainian military bases in crimea. ukraine's acting president announced the withdraw of troops and their families from crimea after the recent fall of the bases to russian troops. >> the national security and defense council has made the decision to instruct the ministry of defense to conduct the redeployment located in the autonomous republic of crimea. they have instructed the cabinet of ministers to evacuate families of businessmen whose life and health are under real threat. >> as tensions rise president obama is seeking western unionty in punishing moscow for annexing crimea, arriving in a group of seven summit in the netherlands, the president will try to convince leaders to increase pressure and bring more sanctions upon russia. >> we are united in opposing a cost on russia for actions so far. president putin rightly pointed out the growing sanctions would bring significant consequences so the russian economy, and i'll be meeting with my fellow g-7. leaders later today and we'll work with the netherlands and our european

if the presidential election and ukraine is now scheduled from may 25th, if crimea is not part of ukrained the russian-speaking majority in crimea is not voting, then the outcome that president putin would want to see and the influence of the parliament is missing. it's very hard to see this. as president obama has said, this is as much a sign of president putin's overall weakness than it is anything else. >> tom graham, do you agree with the ambassador that the united states administration has used what leverage available to it to the best of its advantage? >> well, the point i would make is ukraine is a higher and salient issue for putin and the russian population than it is for the united states. the levers that the united states has pulled, economic sanctions, personal sanctions in the next few weeks are very weak given the resistence and the pain the russians are willing to endure to push forward with their national interests. the way putin sees this situation unfolding, it is about the government in kiev, and he believes that united states and europe at the end of the day will no ma

crimea is part of ukraine. crimea is ukraine. and we support the territorial integrity of ukraine and the government of ukraine needs to be involved in any kind of decision with respect to any part of ukraine. any referendum on ukraine is going to have to be absolutely consistent with ukrainian law. and it's my understanding that the constitution of ukraine requires all -- requires an all-ukraine referendum. in other words, every part of ukraine, all ukrainians, would have to be part of a referendum with respect to the territory of ukraine. so therefore the proposed referendum would violate the constitution of ukraine and international law and the sovereignty of ukraine itself. if it were -- if it adheres to the constitution of ukraine, it's up to ukrainians to define that. it's not up to the united states or russia to make that decision. ukrainians need to live by ukrainian law. and according to the constitution and their constitution would require precisely what i just said. so that is, i think, critical to anything that would

loyalty on the line in crimea. ukraine under lee against to pro-russian forces. >> with more on the ukraine crisis, more western leaders are calling for the call for russia to back off crimea. we'll be live at that meeting in brussels where sanctions are being discussed. [ gunfire ] >> also ahead an exclusive with syrian opposition, fighters trying to hold up a new government assault in aleppo. words and not weapons, how rwandaen soldiers are bringing peace to the central african return. >> the west is pounding pressure on russia as pro kremlin forces tighten it's grip on ukraine's crimea. warnings to russia, and russia's foreign minister said his country's presence is needed to protect ukraine. soldier in military base in crimea are refusing to leave despite to being surrounded by men who are thought to be russian forces. could you just give us an update as to where you are right now, what's happening on the ground? >> reporter: well, i'm just in front of the base, and about a a half hour ago the commander came out and sp

ukraine during that election. he was the pro-russia candidate and in crimea, that's where ukraine's pro-russia voters live. >> yanukovychn a real election in 2010. he won by half a million votes. he won crimea by a million votes. so yanukovych is president of ukraine because of the votes in crimea. >> well, if what vladimir putin announced today comes to pass, then nobody in crimea is ever going to be voting in another election in ukraine. they're going to be voting for putin for the next 50 years in elections in russia. and while that might be very exciting to russia in the short term, that prospect apparently brought people to tears in putin's hours-long speech in the parliament today. he received dozens of standing ovations. thunderous applause as he talked about taking crimea back for russia. and that might be very exciting in the short term, but what that ensures in real political terms, what putin just did today, is guarantee that russia's neighbor to the west, the large and influential nation of ukraine, will never again have a pro-russian leader. and that's not only because russia just marched across the border

getting out much crimea. ukraine -- of crimea. ukraine pulls its troops as russia takes over. >>> calling the missing plane, two weeks layer and malaysia wants help. s 1 billion, the penalty toyota has to pay for its acceleration problems. >>> help wanted, the state that's offering thousands of good paying jobs and the impact on housing. >>> cuba's importation of new cars, the first in decades but who can afford it? >> tonight the crÈme linl has tightened its hold on crimea. in the crimean port of sevastopol. no shots were fired, and soldiers and sailors were told to leave. pullining soldiers out of crimea in what amounts to a surrender, after russia has annexed the region. planning military ca exercises with, jennifer glasse is there. jennifer. >> john, a difficult day for ukraine's military. they have been blockaded with their ships. they thought their commanders had a truce negotiated at least unless friday but the that changes here in simferopol. today the headquarters of the ukrainian navy here. ukrainian sailors leaving their

. >> russian president vladimir putin officially making crimea a part of his country, and ukraine making moves of its own. >> the search for malaysia airlines flight 370, the first try to locate the debris yields nothing. >> turkey taking on twitter, the leader of the nation cracking down on that the social media site. >> russia signing papers annexing crimea, ukraine signing the association agreement with the european union. that is the trade deal that started this cries months ago. crimea has only been officially russian for a few hours, but things are changing fast. residents are stopped at check points, their cars being searched. >> i'm ready to stay here for days if that's what it takes to have a good life. yes, we are ready to stay here for many days. we work, we're simple workers. i want peace and friendship, not this shameful oppression. >> the switch very, very complicated especially for the military assets in the region. inive glass has more from sevastopol. >> they raise the russian naval flag over a ship that was until yesterday ukrainian. on her side, ukrainian colors as i s

ukraine. russia has annexed crimea. and tonight, we take an undepth look at the changes for that region and what it means for the world. russia's sudden move came hours after crimeaans voted to break away from ukraine. it was signed between putin and crimea's leaders. moscow is turning a political dispute into a military conflict after a ukrainian soldier was killed in an attack at sevastopol. more sanctions are coming, and we go to nick schifrin. >> this is a dramatic development and a possible turning point in this conflict. these are the first shots fired as russian troops arrived on the peninsula and took it over. we saw today the annexsation by president putin. it was four or five p.m., and russian troops, we believe operating from buildings surrounding a base ten miles from here at the capital, in an exchange of fire. the ukrainians say that one of its soldiers was killed and one wounded by a sniper. they were firing at russian positions at buildings overlooking the base. we saw broken windows, and markings on the

of provocations, we've talked about this before, richard, and today there were shots fired in crimea. ukrainesaying one of its ukrainian service members was killed by russian troops at a base in ukraine. is that a potential turning point? obviously it could just be an isolated season, b ed incident, think that's important in the larger sense? >> reporter: it appears it may have been an isolated incident, and that is a very vague language because this actual incident is still quite vague. we're not entirely sure who fired these shots. there's a situation where you have several hundred ukrainian troops who are still on their bases, and they are effectively prisoners on these bases. they're watched 24 hours a day. they've been, a lot of them, disarmed, and there was an incident today, a violent clash in which some masked gunmen went on to the base and three people were shot, one of them was killed. and they were shot by people who were wearing uniforms and a mask. we don't know, and i was just in crimea. you don't know exactly who people are. are these crimeans with russian nationality? because

crimea, ukraine territory.e of ukraine, it's all military forces have to remove from ukrainian territory. it's crystal clear. >> you know what, a lot of russians say that crimea is really originally part of russia and that it would be okay if crimea were to go to russia. do you believe that would be okay? would it be acceptable to the ukrainian people to -- for crimea to become part of russia? >> yeah. it's not acceptable. crimea always was a part of ukraine country and right now russia try to create new territory and it's all what happens right now is crimea create not from ukraine, not in crimea, it's created outside. >> thank you very much, mr. klitschko. best of luck. lots more ahead. it is oscar night tonight. so we have found a way to get to the movies. the director of "the square" an amazing nominated film about egypt's uprising, the director joins me to talk about her country and, of course, there have some lessons here for ukraine. ♪ ♪ ♪ ben! ♪ [ train whistle blows ] oh, that was close. you ain't lyin

they believe that someone disabled its tracking device on purpose. >>> ukraine's crimea peninsula is aring for tomorrow's referendum on whether to join russia or remain a part of ukraine. international powers say they will not recognize the outcome. meanwhile russia said it will recognize the results setting the pace for a potential diplomatic fall out. today marks three years since the up rising in syria first began and the fighting continues with no end in sight to the conflict. the opposition objecting to president bashar al-assad running for re-election saying he has no legitimatcy. i'm morgan radford for al jazeera america. "inside story" is next. remember you can always follow us online. >> ed you ha yo this is the "inside story." >> i'm ray suarez. since the economy

the communist party leader transfer crimea to ukraine. it was then a formality. if you could imagine the soviet union would break up less than forty years later. since nineteen ninety one. crimea has been part of a foreign country for russians. and i'm joined by journalist which specializes in russia and eastern european nations wishing you were in crimea during a brief enough people share what your impressions from being on the grass. they arrived in crimea shortly before the russian intervention. and what struck me was first thought it was very pro russian other people were actually ambivalent about breaking away from our ukraine is a country with the expenses of real frustration that they were just being neglected by the national government and because the crimea as the region had supported of the ousted president and coo which people were nervous that if there might be some revenge but still i have to say this of result ninety three percent is very surprising it doesn't match up was just the anecdotal evidence i clicked it. but the mosque after mosque us persp

getting out much crimea. ukraine -- of crimea. e pulls its troops as russia takes over. >>> calling the missing plane, two weeks layer and malaysia wants help. s 1 billion, the penalty toyota has to pay for its acceleration problems. >>> help wanted, the state that's offering thousands of good paying jobs and the impact on

ukraine is gone. >> ukraine or crimea? >> probably ukraine. crimea is already gone. e next question is the cities in eastern ukraine. that is what the u.s. intelligence people are watching right now. a lot of russian forces on the border. putin talking about the government being illegitimate. >> is there any way for him to get to an off ramp? >> there are a lot of off ramps. but i don't know anybody that thinks he is going to take one. >> this is not going to stop. >> there is no way to stop it. no way for the west to stop it. that is what encourages putin. >> let me turn to the cia versus congress. give me a portrait of john brennan. >> he is a longtime officer. he was involved in the bush administration's war on terror at the cia, before the white house. he is deeply involved in what most people call torture. not just the cia, but the obama's refusal to give up documents to the senate about what happened during the bush administration. that is one of the things diane feinstein is concerned about. not just the agency but the current white house. >> whether it was in

ukraine is gone. >> ukraine or crimea? >> probably ukraine. crimea is already gone. e next question is the cities in eastern ukraine. that is what the u.s. intelligence people are watching right now. a lot of russian forces on the border. putin talking about the government being illegitimate. >> is there any way for him to get to an off ramp? >> there are a lot of off ramps. but i don't know anybody that thinks he is going to take one. >> this is not going to stop. >> there is no way to stop it. no way for the west to stop it. that is what encourages putin. >> let me turn to the cia versus congress. give me a portrait of john brennan. whether it was in the 70's or barry goldwater, the cia -- when they take on congress, usually they do not win. >> we are giving our age away talking about barry goldwater. they almost always lose. they lost in the 1970's. big-time. with the church committee, the pike committee. they cannot win this one either, whatever the truth is. congress has the power of the purse. >> edward snowden. the controversies over the drones. is the intellig

this severed ukraine and crimea from russia. president putin called that severance an outrageous injustice. russia was not simply robbed, it was plundered. the current government in ukraine resorted to terror, murder and riots. nationalists and knee owe nazis and anti sem mite, executed the ceax and depriving ethnic russians of their memory and freedom to use their own language. by the way 92 percent of russias approve the annexation of russia from crimea. does president vladimir putin have a legitimate gripe? >> he does. ukraine and crimea were not democracies and a lot of people exploited in ukraine where there is a group ripping off the country in every way and just stealing everything that it possibly can at the expense of the average folks in that country. so there is a great deal of resentment that in defense, putin can capitalize on and that is part of what is going on right now. >> it is not -- putin did in his introduction there, he said look, there were legitimate protests against corrupt and inefficient regimes and the

crimea doesn't only get most of its water from mainland ukraine. the vast majority of its electricity also comes from there. that means despite the russian takeover, crimea is still vulnerable to pressure in the government in kiev. >> remember that ukraine also owes russia lots of money for its gas, and depends on that gas. we must not politicize issues that affect every familiar here and ukraine. but i do see a problem of potential water shortages of for crimea during the summer. >> reporter: tourism is crimea's traditional strength but the beaches look sad these days. in the summer russians with money now prefer to fly to the mediterranean and beyond. as for ukrainian tourists don't expect many to come this year. russia may find that taking crimea was the easy part. making it viable the real challenge. >> as the search for malaysia airlines flight 370 enter its third week a new clue has emerged. a chinese satellite spotted an object in the southeast indian ocean. we have the latest on that search, randall, good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

ukraine is gone. >> ukraine or crimea? >> probably ukraine. crimea is already gone. e next question is the cities in eastern ukraine. that is what the u.s. intelligence people are watching right now. a lot of russian forces on the border. putin talking about the government being illegitimate. >> is there any way for him to get to an off ramp? >> there are a lot of off ramps. but i don't know anybody that thinks he is going to take one. >> this is not going to stop. >> there is no way to stop it. no way for the west to stop it. that is what encourages putin. >> let me turn to the cia versus congress. give me a portrait of john brennan. >> he is a longtime officer. he was involved in the bush administration's war on terror at the cia, before the white house. he is deeply involved in what most people call torture. not just the cia, but the obama's refusal to give up documents to the senate about what happened during the bush administration. that is one of the things diane feinstein is concerned about. not just the agency but the current white house. >> whether it was in

ukraine. in chapter 14 of that book, the president devoted 13 pages to trace the history of crimea and ukraine. he calls it the crimean knot he said when he discusses the politics around the transfer of crimea to ukraine in 1954, he says, the then-trans-- transition to ukraine quan administration after ukraine ecame independent and how he dealt with separatist forces in his tenure as president he man tains that the transfer of crimea from russia to ukraine came in response to petitions from the crimians themselves who felt -- from the crimeans themselveses who felt moscow was too far away and insufficiently responsive to their everyday response -- everyday concerns, while their own capital of kiev was likely to be more attentive, particularly on issues of water and other utilities. so they could provide for crimea better than moscow, located far, far away. crimea, then, he writes, was a desert and frontier land, he's referring back to the post-world war ii period, particularly after the devastation of world war ii. violated and just leveled to such an extent. it's hard for people in the west w

taking off and landing at the base amid tensions across the country of eruptions invasion of crimea. ukraine's me that it'll serve release footage of an apple and pear trees units returning from training in an undisclosed location in the country. the video clip showed two hundred and eighteen paratrooper surrounded the base units on boredom and the transport of a tactical exercises. russian forces seize control of crimea without bloodshed on the false pretense of protecting ethnic russians the twenty minute reserve grade restraint resisting any desire to defend the terror achieve our goals in the knowledge that the russians have much knowledge on picture equipped armed forces. there have been several standoff between the two minute reserve in crimea with ukrainian soldiers the cake into a series of naval headquarters by russian forces russian soldiers also fired live ammunition twenty twenty minute tree as part of efforts provided that the confrontation. russian warships the built in ukrainian vessels minutes before the service the pool while russian troops have had very limited success in the

tonight, the united nations, the russian ambassador announced the intervention in crimea was entirely justified because ukraine's ousted resident had written to mr. putin asking him to send troops in. >> chaos and anarchy reign in the country. particularly in the southeast and crimea, they are under threat. theasked gunmen seize crimean parliament come a giving them a chance to vote in a new crimean leader. they instantly asked moscow for help. landhere at the northern crossing point with the rest of ukraine -- then russia's black sea fleet went into action. it's up to 25,000 military personnel at its bases in crimea. ukraine accused russia of violating an agreement by adding 6000 more and securing the whole peninsula with land and naval patrols. the latest report suggests a further russian buildup just across the border. there's also the other fear that russia might seize control of either by using pro-russian -- or an invasion. on alert because of military exercises across the border. presidentsupport for who den in moscow yesterday. though there is a suggestion some of these people may have been specially bus

ukraine. a country on the brink. as the new prime minister has said. russian forces in the crimea, the fear that they may move further into eastern ukraine. i'm reporting from independence square, where a week and a half ago, people were fighting and dying for change here in ukraine. they got the change. the former president fled, no one could have predicted what happened next. russian forces on the ground in crimea. it's a little before dawn on tuesday morning, the start of a day no one can predict, what will happen over the next 12 hours. people are hoping and praying it does not end in bloodshed. there has been far too much bloodshed already. in this area here, people died a little more than a week and a half ago, right now it's considered holy ground a place of martyrs, flowers, makeshift memorials all around the barricades, the sandbags are all still up, all still a sign of what happened here a short time ago. the protesters remain, because they want to make sure that the changes that the new government here in ukraine have promised will take root. the promises made will be f

ukraine, mariam? >> more on whether the crimea region should split from ukraine and join russia.y fear that it might lead to war. but as peter sharp reports from moscow there are others that support it. >> the tens of thousands of antiwar demonstrators who took to the streets who showed their oppositoption all all shared onn emotion of what lies ahead. >> i don't want war. i'm afraid for the children and for the future. >> the banners and slogan sent a message to the highest levels 209 government. our highest enemy is no ukraine it's in the government. >> they want to get their message across. any ventures in crimea carried out by putin would leave russia strangely isolated in the community. they're in a minority. 660% or higher than that people support president putin's move on crimea. >> an outspoken critic of the president. >> people here don't want russia to be isolated. they want a prosperous country. not an aggressive poverty-stricken country with nuclear weapons. >> this is not the only demonstration in moscow on saturday. a separate rally of supporters of president putin.

sound as if there have been widespread acts of violence against russian speaking people in crimea and eastern ukraine. in terms of what you've seen on the ground in crimea, have you witnessed any of that? have you had reports of any violence against russian speaking people prior to the russian troops arriving? >> none whatsoever, actually, in fact, i think people that -- the tataer -- that tar -- tartars are quite concerned about the russian presence. particularly the tatars who, if you recall in world war ii they were deported in mass by this -- by soviet forces and only allowed back in the early 1990s, they're vehemently anti-russian, and they're worried that if russian control becomes complete, they could be the ones who pay the highest price. after all, during world war ii, almost 50% of their population died because of disease and hunger. and they are worried that they could be the first victims if there is full reassertion of russian authority here, so we're not seeing any of the sort of so-called fascist nazi ukrainian sentiment in the streets whatsoever. anderson? >> and in terms of the gover

the course of the next 60 minutes, russia denies issuing an attack order to ukraine and crimea. other than parts of eastern ukraine. >> and i'm felicity barr, more on the ukraine situation, including eu leaders, calling for russia to deescalates or face targeted measures. -- deescalate or face targeted measures. >> events are moving rapidly within the last 30 minutes we've had a denial from thrawz i russt has given a ultimatum to ukraine. that's what ukrainian officials have said, surrounding bases in crimea, standoffs for days to come. the u.s. is turning up the heat on russia, considering targeted measures against the kremlin if it fails to deescalate the ukraine crisis. earlier on mo monday the british foreign minister william haig warns of consequences and costs if it doesn't change course. sergey lavrov insisting that his country has a duty to protect ethnic russians in ukraine. donetske, is the home of viktor yanukovych. rory challenge in moscow. let's go to tim friend who is in the ukrainian capital of kiev. this suggesting that russians, the ukrainian defense ministry now

ukraine's politically divided crimea region will vote on whether to become part of russia in 10 days from now. kiev says this is unconstitutional. >>> russian troops continue to surround ukraine's military bases in crimea. we're on board one of the ukrainian ships blockaded in. >> reporter: down here is the russian patrol boat. we sneaked on this boat under the noses of the russians. they wouldn't have let us do it if they had seen us, i will tell you. >>> the european union meets in emergency session. they tell russia to respect sovereignty. >> they are still provoking the tension. >>> oscar pistorius in court for day four of his murder trial. the parra olympian defense team starts with an intense cross-examination of witnesses. >>> so, ukraine's interim prime minister is appealing to the eu for support in brussels with another fast moving developments in crimea. it could become part of russia in just 10 days. crimea's regional parliament has just voted to bring forward a referendum to rejoin. and the message from ukraine's interim prime minister to the 28th european union leaders in

for now the only land routes into crimea pass through ukraine. that's why russian president vladimir putin wants to build a bridge here to physically tie crimea to russia. but it will take years to complete and could cost billions of dollars. the port where russian goods come in is called kursh a graveyard of decaying soviet factories and mixed opinions as to whether now things will get better. >> she said she had heard on the news all countries are now united against russia so she feels an economic down turn. she said salaries will go up. she's happy. her daughter is a graduate, and it's shameful what she earns. we were invited to see a new investment, a plant that brings gas from kazakhstan. the call from russian officials saisaid we're no longer welcomed apparently it's too sensitive. water. the worry in crimea is that 80% of theirs comes from ukraine, and their few resources look rather low. the vast majority of its electricity also comes from there. despite the russian takeover crimea is still vulnerable to pressure from the government in kie

ukraine. president obama said the russians are on the wrong side of history in crimea and ukraine. you lived and worked in crimea. what was the sense of being part of the ukraine that existed where you lived? >> you know, i lived there during the georgian conflict. when it came to the end that it did and those pieces ofga became a part of russia, there was jubilation on the streets of crimea. there was a feeling one would hope -- they were ang earthens and russian flags and on garage doors. they were hopeful. there were fears of the crimean tar tares in kiev. it's fearful when something like that happens if we drove east from berlip, would we run into a lot of people who feel like they are on the wrong side of an international border today? >> it's ethnically homo genius. you have populations of culture and history spread across international front easier. the dangerous things seems to me that russia is inne ethnic term >> that's a real shift from the status and the standards in europe after 1945. it's a kind of thing we haven't seen since the yugoslav wars. a great power like russi

he cannot fly from crimea you are thank you very much indeed for that update and now the food more. in ukraine i'm going to national reaction when i joined live in the studio by international relations expert mark to knock welcome so russia is planning to move a military contingent to crimea to stabilize the situation that so how's that going to help. well right now we've got a situation in the ukraine where russia felt that it had to act we have a putsch government that has occupied kiev. which has been led into power on the ground by violent mobs and a vanguard of what can only be described as all true nationalists and neo nazis particularly of such groups as the right sector and so on. so russia feels that this government which was formed came to power by force overthrowing a democratically elected president mystery and a covert who is currently forming a government in exile in russia. in rust off the dawn of the last we heard last evening that. what is happening in kiev is outside the bounds of all constitutionality all legal democratic process and we have seen some quite frightening devel

it's important, however, so far the russians have not moved in the rest of ukraine, and so as of now, the crisis is in crimeacrisis is not yet to dismember ukraine. >> hold that thought for a moment, if you would, mr. ambassador. i want to bring in christine romans. when it comes to the diplomacy of money, there are a lot of things that america could do. there are a lot of things other nations could do. but again, a lot of things we would have to deal with in terms of backlash from a man as strong as putin. >> you're talking about sanctions. what if the united states were to have sanctions, like maybe travel visas would not be allowed or asset freezes. i mean, then you get into this very complicated and very dangerous situation with the russians. but right now you have markets that are actually reacting as a diplomat, almost. you've got the russian stock market down 13%. >> does that affect me if i'm in members members, idaho, california? >> what that is doing, the russian market reaction is putting pressure on putin, i think to make sure they make a wise next step. what you're seeing with the ratcheting up

what happens now that crimea has declared itself free of ukraine. this is on "inside story." phil ittner is in kiev and jennifer glass is in sevat erpol in crimea. you're in what some people consider the world's newest country or renegade province. what signs are there that something new is going on after the vote? >> well, you know, it's been an exciting two days here. where the people have been out on the streets. they were celebrating yesterday even before the polls closed. they were literally dancing in the streets, flying the russian flag, when you got up yesterday morning the polls were jammed on sunday morning. it's been a jubilant mood. we've had fireworks along with the signing of the legislation. the parliament was up early declaring independence, a breakaway from ukraine and basically sign, seal, and deliver what the referendum had already decided yet. >> is this to your --is this a sign of short transition before some sort of closer union with russia, or are there people who are interested in entirin spearing a middle course between kiev and moscow? >> here, i don'

they have been talking only about ukraine and specifically about crimea. russians called this meeting, and they wanted to put moscow's point of view to the rest of the world to explain what they really feel of the country of ukraine and the region of crimea. the long-standing ambassador to the united nations, read a letter which he said came from viktor yanukovych who was moscow's man until a couple of weeks ago, and called for russian forces to intervene in ukraine to save the country. afterwards they came out and read threater again. >> the country is in the grip of outright terror and violence driven by the west. in this context i appeal to the president of russia to used armed forces of the russian federation to reestablish the rule of law, peace, order, stability, and to protect the people of ukraine. >> reporter: so russia is saying it needs to protect the russian people in particular, and now has a letter from the deposed president, and they think he was deposed by a coup generated by the europeans and americans. >> what about reaction from the u.s.?

ukraine. including in crimea. we note, with a great deal of concern, that despite the repeated call from the international community and the security council, the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine has been undermined. this process continues. we reaffirm yet again that we of committed to the idea unity and territorial integrity for ukraine. we think they should comply with the basic principles of the united nations charter. like all relevant parties to give way to a peaceful settlement. we want to forge direct dialogue between the two parties to find a political solution. i thank you. class i think they were presented at chad. i will now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of luke sommer -- luxembourg. i would like to thank the assistant secretary-general. thank thelso like to permanent representative of ukraine to the united nations. we cannot repeat it enough. the referendum organized on the 16th of march in crimea was contrary to the constitution of ukraine, which provides for ind

for now the only land routes into crimea pass through ukraine. that's why russian president vladimir putin wants to build a bridge, to tie crimea to russia. it will take years to some pleat and could cost -- complete and could cost billions. the port where russian goods come in is called kirch, a graveyard of soviet factories and mixed opinions as to whether things will get better. >> this woman heard on the news that all countries are united against russia, so she fears an economic downturn. >> salaries will go up. these happy. her daughter is a graduate and it's shameful what she earns. >> we were invited to see a new investment, a plant that brings gas from khazakhstan, but the manager receives a call from russian officials. we were not welcome and told to leave. acting about what economic changes might be coming is too sensitive. >> water - the worry for crimea is that some 80% of theirs comes from mainland ukraine. this reservoir outside simferepol, one of the few local source, and it's looking low. >> crimea does not only get most of its wat

ukraine. violence which didn't just happen in crimea, thanks to measures taken. >> ukraine's ambassador to the.n. says actions are not those of a modern nation. >> we are upset with the difficulty proposed by russian delegation again. nothing serious, just words. at the same time their par troopers and other forces entered the mainland of ukraine. this is sinizism of what is going on. they are coming from the crimea to the southern part of the mainland. now we have a different situation than before the security council. the aggression is expanding. >> saturday's failed resolution in the scourn may have come too late to halt the poll in crimea. ambassadors are keen to send a broader measure, "don't try anything like this in other parts of ukraine", particularly the east, we leans heavily moscow's way. >> the vote too late the stop the referendum. the world will watch closely what vladimir putin does next. because this ash iter deals with peace in the world, you can expect more action here. >> john terrett live at the u.n. let's talk to timothy schneider, a professor of history and the author of

we're joined from the crimea region of ukraine. anna, what happened? wolf, as you say, proof today as to just how dangerous and volatile the situation is here on the streets of crimea. u.n. special envoy to ukraine, robert ferry, he's a father of three from the netherlands, he was attacked by a local militia, these thugs are big supporters of russia and vladimir putin. militiamen surrounded the united nations envoy to ukraine hunkers down inside. >> please come as soon as possible now. >> reporter: robert ferry says he felt threatened and fled to safety inside the cafe after armed men stopped him and tried to get him into a car. >> somebody who would not identify himself was telling me that he had orders to bring me immediately to the airport. i refused. >> reporter: ferry cut short his trip and flew toist tan bull in the midst of a flurry of high stakes diplomacy. >> russia can now choose to de-escalate this situation. >> reporter: western powers are trying to turn up the heat on russia and vladimir putin search aring for a way to defuse the crisis. b

how will those muslims be treated by russia, by the crimean's and by ukraine? in crimea as a whole, they are much happier being in ukraine than in russia. most have not had a good experience with russia. chechnya -- of treatment of chechnya. in crimea are not happy and likely to have a backlash. they are a small minority. they fear the russians may push them out of crimea into ukraine proper if they object to the annexation process. crimeans voting to leave ukraine this weekend. the scots are potentially voting to leave the u.k. ofthere a certain sense hypocrisy and saying crimea cannot have this vote? >> the vote has to be done in a fair or freeway. a longland, you have process of demand for self-determination for autonomy. it is a grassroots process that is happening through existing constitutional channels. you cannot have foreign troops and put in aountry referendum that is not endorsed by the government of the country from which this territory is .upposedly going to succeed >> that is a good way of putting it. how does this play out in terms of the u.s. attempts to

ukraine intensifies. >> with russian forces in crimea. call up their reserves and begs the international community for help. >> we are on the brink of disaster. >> we'll go to ukraine for the latest nice. we'll hear from secretary of state john kerry and secretary of defense chuck hagel. we'll have analysis on all of it from our panel of experts and with russia once more in the news we'll look back at a milestone "face the nation" interview. 60 years of news because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs >> schieffer: good morning again there are developments from overnight on the crisis in ukraine. russian president sad her putin has moved troops in to crimea that is region where mostly russian speaking population, a move that the ukrainian prime minister says is a declaration of war. vladimir putin and president obama spoke yesterday for 90 minutes a conversation the white house described as the toughest of the obama presidency. as for ukraine, a new government there is mobilizing its reserves and authorizing the call up

over and above the courts locally here in crimea work to ukraine not to russia. even if the people of crimea vote in favor of seceding and lining up with moscow, once again who knows whether that will actually stick in international law. tony put it simply, a complicated situation got more complicated. >> the plot thickens. >> moscow doesn't talk to kiev, kiev doesn't talk to moscow. >> i got a couple of tweets here. whenever we can let's break this town to its bare essentials, all right? >> in about a minute and a half or five minutes in my case. you know how it is. >> john appreciate it. thank you. earlier today the house of representatives approved a bill backing $1 billion in loan guarantees. mike viqueria joins us. mike, i can't imagine the senate won't sign on to this as well. but earlier the president spoke about what he called a path of deescalation in ukraine. break it down for us. >> right. the president secretary of state john kerry they have been talking about that for a while. on that house vote we might add it was an overwhelming majority. for all th

the presidential election in ukraine is scheduled for the 25th. if crimea is not part of ukraine, and the russian speaking majority in crimea is not voting. and the outcome that vladimir putin would want to see or the influence in parliament is missing, it's hard to see, as president obama said, this is as much a sign of vladimir putin's overall weakness than it is anything else. >> tom graham, do you believe that the united states administration used what they had available to it to their advantage. the point i make is vladimir putin will do what is best for the russian population, than it is for the united states. (technical difficulties) snoop it is about the government in kiev, and they believe that the united states and europe at the end of the day will not make a decision to bring a ukraine state into the european institutions. that's the outcome he would like, to keep ukraine in play. >> we have little time left, but i want to hear from you about the outcome of the referendum. most of the relevant countries in the region, and across the world said th