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A Russian paramilitary soldier is viewed outside of a Ukrainian military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 11, 2014 in Perevevalne, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum tomorrow on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 478869037 )

Pro-Russian activists try to storm into Ukraine's Security Service building following a rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on March 15, 2014. Russia vetoed a Western-backed resolution condemning the Crimea referendum at a UN Security Council emergency vote but China abstained, isolating Moscow further on the Ukraine crisis. AFP PHOTO/ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528090021 )

Russia's U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, left, and United Statesí U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power interact before an U.N. Security Council meeting on the Ukraine crisis, Saturday, March 15, 2014, at the United Nations headquarters. Russia vetoed a U.N. resolution declaring Sunday's referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula illegal, but its close ally China abstained in a show of Moscow's isolation. Supporters of the U.S.-sponsored resolution knew that Russia would use its veto, but they put the resolution to a vote Saturday morning to show the strength of opposition to Moscow's takeover of Crimea. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ( APTOPIX United Nations Ukraine )

Protesters hold portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a demonstration organized by a trade union 'Solidarity' against the Russian military actions in Crimea, in front of the Russian Consulate General headquarters in Gdansk, Poland, 15 March 2014. EPA/ADAM WARZAWA ( POLAND UKRAINE CRISIS )

People queue at a bank in Semfiropol, Crimea, Ukraine, 15 March 2014. The Moscow-leaning Crimea region is due to hold a referendum on 16 March on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with observers fearing worsening violence on the peninsula ahead of the vote. Hopes for a diplomatic solution to the crisis faded on 14 March after six-hour talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov ended with 'no common vision', as Lavrov put it. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV ( UKRAINE CRISIS CRIMEA REFERENDUM )

Employees prepare the polling booth in one of the polling stations of Sevastopol on March 15, 2014, on the eve of the referendum in Crimea. Ukraine braced on Saturday for a breakaway vote in Crimea as deadly violence flared again in the ex-Soviet country's tinderbox east amid the biggest East-West showdown since the Cold War. Tensions have spiralled in the region ahead of Sunday's vote in Ukraine's southern peninsula of Crime on whether to secede from Kiev and switch to Kremlin rule. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528093194 )

A man holds Russian and Crimean flags during a rally in front of Crimean flags at Lenin Square in Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine, 15 March 2014. The Moscow-leaning Crimea region is due to hold a referendum on 16 March on whether to break away from Ukraine and join Russia, with observers fearing worsening violence on the peninsula ahead of the vote. Hopes for a diplomatic solution to the crisis faded on 14 March after six-hour talks between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov ended with 'no common vision', as Lavrov put it. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV ( UKRAINE CRISIS CRIMEA REFERENDUM )

Maidan veterans are rising an wooden pyramid for the Maidan movement victims, at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 15 March 2014. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. A referendum in Crimea to decide whether the region will stay with Ukraine or become part of Russia that will take place 16 March was called illegitimate by Ukraine's administration. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT ( UKRAINE CRISIS )

People hold photos taken at different wars, during an anti-war rally in protest against the Russian military actions in Ukraine, during a demonstration in Moscow, Russia, 15 March 2014. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV ( RUSSIA UKRAINE CRISIS )

A Russian woman holds a poster during an anti-war rally in protest against the Russian military actions in Ukraine, during a demonstration in Moscow, Russia, 15 March 2014. EPA/MAXIM SHIPENKOV ( RUSSIA UKRAINE CRISIS )

Members of a pro-Russian self defense unit watch and applaud as a groom and a bride share a kiss at the central square of Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine 15 March 2014. EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE ( epaselect UKRAINE CRISIS CRIMEA REFERENDUM )

Pro-Kremlin activists march in Moscow, on March 15, 2014, during a rally in support of recent Russia's move on Crimea. Around 50,000 people rallied today in central Moscow in protest at Russia's intervention in Ukraine, a day before the Crimean peninsula is expected to vote on switching to Kremlin rule, an AFP team estimated. A rival demonstration, which appeared to be well-organized, attracted 15,000 people in support of Putin, police estimated. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528086307 )

Pro Russia protestors storm the door of the regional governance Security Service of Ukraine building during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( APTOPIX Ukraine )

Pro-Russian protesters show placards during a rally at a Lenin statue in downtown Donetsk, Ukraine, 15 March 2014. EPA/PHOTOMIG ( UKRAINE CRISIS CRIMEA )

People shout slogans during a pro Russian rally at a central square in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Russian forces backed by helicopter gunships and armored vehicles Saturday took control of a village near the border with Crimea on the eve of a referendum on whether the region should seek annexation by Moscow, Ukrainian officials said. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )

In this photo taken Friday, March 14, 2014, acting Ukrainian President Oleksandr Turchynov, right, and Defense Minister Igor Tenyukh watch military exercises of Ukrainian troops near Chernigiv, 150 km (94 miles) north of Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool) ( Ukraine Military Exercises )

Police stand guard after Pro Russia protestors stormed the regional governance Security Service of Ukraine building during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, March 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )

An woman dressed in a Ukrainian folk costume shows V-sing as demonstrators hold Russian and Ukrainian flags during a massive rally to oppose president Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine, in Moscow, Saturday, March 15, 2014. Large rival marches have taken place in Moscow over Kremlin-backed plans for Ukraineís province of Crimea to break away and merge with Russia. More than 10,000 people turned out Saturday for a rally in the center of the city held to oppose what many demonstrators described as Russia's invasion of the Crimean Peninsula. In a nearby location, a similar sized crowd voiced its support for Crimea's ethnic Russian majority, who Moscow insists is at threat from an aggressively nationalist leadership now running Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) ( Russia Crimea Demonstration )

A Russian paramilitary soldier is viewed outside of a Ukrainian military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 11, 2014 in Perevevalne, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum tomorrow on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 478869039 )

Pro Russian supporters rally in Lenin Square on March 15, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum tomorrow on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 478875081 )

A Cossack man holds a flower during a Pro Russian rally in Lenin Square on March 15, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum tomorrow on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478857269 )

A pro-Russian cossacks volunteer holds a whip during an oath-taking ceremony in Sevastopol, on March 15, 2014, the day before the referendum in Crimea. Ukraine braced for a breakaway vote in Crimea as deadly violence flared again in the ex-Soviet country's tinderbox east amid the biggest East-West showdown since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528093655 )

In this photo taken Friday, March 14, 2014, a Ukrainian APC moves during military exercises of Ukrainian troops near Chernigiv, 150 km (94 miles) north of Kiev, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mykhailo Markiv, Pool) ( Ukraine Military Exercises )

Helpers stand next to an ambulance that is loaded into a transport aircraft on the airport Schoenefeld, near Berlin, on March 15, 2014. The German chapter of aid organization Red Cross sends relief assistance goods to Ukraine to support the Ukrainian chapter of the Red Cross. AFP PHOTO /DPA/ RALF HIRSCHBERGER /AFP/Getty Images ( 528085205 )

People swimming in the cold waters of the harbor of Sevastopol hold Russian national and navy flags to mark their support for Russian forces, as a Russian Navy ship remains stationed in the background, on March 15, 2014. Ukraine braced for a breakaway vote in Crimea as deadly violence flared again in the ex-Soviet country's tinderbox east amid the biggest East-West showdown since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528083155 )

Officers from the Ukrainian navy ship Ternopil get on board of a boat in front of the Russian navy ship minesweeper "Turbinist" anchored at the harbor of Sevastopol on March 11, 2014. Lawmakers on the flashpoint Crimean peninsula voted on March 11 for independence from Ukraine ahead of a referendum on joining Russia while Washington rebuffed talks with Moscow in one of their fiercest clashes since the Cold War. The strategic region's self-declared rulers are recruiting volunteers to fight Ukrainian soldiers while Russia's parliament on March 11 prepared legislation that would simplify the Kremlin's annexation of Crimea after the weekend's vote. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527985720 )

A Russian flag flutters in the background as a group of armed men in military uniform open a military vehicle outside the territory of a Ukrainian military unit in the village of Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol, Ukraine, 14 March 2014.Russia moved more soldiers and armor into the Crimea region 14 March amid further threats to invade other parts of the country (Ukraine). EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV ( UKRAINE CRISIS )

The Turbinist Russian navy minesweeper patrols the harbor of Sevastopol, on March 10, 2014. The Ukrainian flag has never really been embraced in Sevastopol and its famed port, home to Russia's Black Sea fleet since the time of the tsars. VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 527930001 )

A member of armed pro-Russian forces chooses fish at a stall near a checkpoint in Chongar, in the border area between Crimea and the Kherson region of Ukraine, on March 14, 2014. Russia and the West have "no common vision" on Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today after talks aimed at defusing the crisis. VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528062654 )

Russian flags are hung out on an apartment building in a residential district in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Friday, March 14, 2014. Crimea plans to hold a referendum on upcoming Sunday that will ask residents if they want the territory to become part of Russia. Ukraine's government and Western nations have denounced the referendum as illegitimate and warned Russia against trying to annex Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( APTOPIX Ukraine )

Pro-russian supporters drive in the centre of Simferopol, on March 14, 2014, as they honk and fly Russian flags two days ahead of the referendum over Crimea bid to break away from Ukraine and join Russia. US Secretary of State John Kerry met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in London on March 14 with few hopes that Sunday's Moscow-backed referendum in the strategic Black Sea peninsula could be averted or delayed. DANIEL LEAL OLIVAS/AFP/Getty Images ( 528064342 )

Crimean Tatars pray during a Friday prayers in a mosque in the village of Orlinoye near Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine, Friday, March 14, 2014. Crimea plans to hold a referendum on Sunday that will ask residents if they want the territory to become part of Russia. Ukraine's government and Western nations have denounced the referendum as illegitimate and warned Russia against trying to annex Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov) ( Ukraine )

A man sells Crimean Flags to passers by on March 14, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478591785 )

An Orthodox clergy member carries a religious icon at a military checkpoint near a Ukrainian Air-force base on March 13, 2014 in Belbek, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478472179 )

Men in traditional dress prepare to perform at a rally in support the upcoming referendum on March 13, 2014 in Yalta, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 478405039 )

In this Friday, March 7, 2014 file photo, a woman passes by a graffiti that reads "The Russians are coming - Resistance" in Simferopol, Ukraine. For the ethnic Ukrainians and Tatars who are the minority in the strategic peninsula, it is fear that dominates days before Crimea votes in a referendum on joining Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File) ( Ukraine Crimea's Choice )

Workers construct a polling booth in one of the polling station in Sevastopol on March 13, during preparations for the Crimean referendum on March 16. Austria's Freedom Party (FPOe) said Thursday it has declined a Russian invitation sent to it and other far-right parties in Europe to dispatch observers for this weekend's disputed referendum in Crimea. VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528022402 )

A worker puts up a poster that reads 'Together with Russia, March 16 - referendum', outside Simferopol, Ukraine, 13 March 2014. Crimea's secessionist authorities said on 12 March that they have partially closed the region's airspace to 'keep out provocateurs', in the run-up to the March 16 referendum about joining Russia. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV ( UKRAINE CRISIS SIMFEROPOL )

A man places a Coassack flag (C) alongside a Russian flag (R) at a check point manned by Russian forces on the road from Simferopol to Sevastopol on March 13, 2014. Less than three weeks after gunmen seized Crimea's parliament and installed a pro-Moscow government, voters here head to the polls on March 16 for a vote set to cement Russia's takeover of the strategic peninsula. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528024032 )

A woman walks next to a poster calling people to vote in the upcoming referendum in the Crimea, is seen in Sevastopol, Ukraine, 13 March 2014. Crimea's parliament moved the date of an all-Crimean referendum on the status of the autonomous Republic of Crimea to 16 March. Crimea's secessionist authorities said on 12 March that they have partially closed the region's airspace to 'keep out provocateurs', in the run-up to the March 16 referendum about joining Russia. EPA/ZURAB KURTSIKIDZE ( UKRAINE CRISIS CRIMEA REFERENDUM )

Maidan self-defense activists walk as anti-war placards are hung in Kiev on March 13, 2014. Ukraine moved Thursday to mobilize a volunteer force to ward off Russia's expansionist threat. ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528029093 )

A huge canvas caricaturing Russian President Vladimir Putin was unveiled by the Dekomunizace (Decommunisation) civic association on the seat of the Town Hall in Liberec, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. The association protests against the steps taken by the strengthening Russian dictatorship in Crimea. The canvas is hanging right above a monument to the minimally nine people who died in Liberec when Soviet tanks occupied the country in 1968 to crush the Prague Spring reform movement. (AP Photo/CTK, Radek Petrasek) ( Czech Ukraine Russia Protest )

A pro-Ukrainian activist holds a poster (L) with Russian President Vladimir Putin caricatured as Adolf Hitler during a rally in front of the German Embassy in Kiev on March 11, 2014. Pro-Moscow lawmakers in Crimea voted for independence from Ukraine on March 11 in a precursor to a referendum this weekend for the region to become part of Russia. ANOVANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 527953624 )

People in a passing bus watch a rally against the breakup of the country in Simferopol, Ukraine on Friday, March 7, 2014. For the ethnic Ukrainians and Tatars who are the minority in the strategic peninsula, it is fear that dominates days before Crimea votes in a referendum on joining Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File) ( Ukraine Crimea's Choice )

An anti-Russian protester takes part in a demonstration outside the residence of the US ambassador to the UK in central London on March 14, 2014, where US Foreign Secretary John Kerry meets his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The United States and Russia failed to resolve a Cold-War-style crisis sparked by Moscow's military intervention in Crimea and the Ukrainian peninsula's weekend referendum on joining Kremlin rule. CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images ( 528061642 )

Ukrainians walk on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 10 March 2014. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV ( UKRAINE CRISIS )

A member of a self defense volunteer group, with makeshift shin guards bearing a picture of a wolf, polishes his boots in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia) ( Ukraine )

Ukrainians walk on the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 10 March 2014. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV ( UKRAINE CRISIS )

Ukrainian veterans of Euro-maidan movement keep warm next to a makeshift fire while guarding one of the barricades they put up months ago, at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 12 March 2014. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT ( UKRAINE CRISIS )

A man is lit by the morning sun as he walks underneath a poster depicting Ukrainian President Victor Yanukovych near Kiev's Independence Square, in Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia) ( Ukraine )

A Ukrainian man, veteran of the Maidan movement, drinks a cup of hot tea as he guards the first barricade that was erected by protesters, in front of Dinamo Stadium burned entrance, in Kiev, Ukraine, 14 March 2014. Ukraine's Parliament backed on 13 March the creation of a new National Guard of 60,000 volunteers to supplement its conventional army forces, consisting of 130,000 soldiers. Ukrainian volunteers crowded the recruitment centers in response to the mobilization call, related to the Russian maneuvers in Crimean peninsula. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT ( UKRAINE CRISIS MAIDAN VOLUNTEERS )

A Ukrainian man passes over the a symbolic sun ray, created as an artwork on the pavement of Independence Square, in Kiev, Ukraine, 12 March 2014. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT ( UKRAINE CRISIS )

A woman walks with her baby in front of Russian 'GAZ Tigr' infantry mobility vehicle outside the territory of Ukrainian military unit in the village of Perevalnoye, outside Simferopol, Ukraine, 12 March 2014. Crimea's secessionist authorities said on 12 March that they have partially closed the region's airspace to "keep out provocateurs" in the run-up to the March 16 referendum about joining Russia. EPA/YURI KOCHETKOV ( UKRAINE CRISIS )

Pro Ukrainian protesters against the forthcoming referendum in Crimea gather along the road on March 14, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478628143 )

A Crimean Tatar waves a Tatar flag during a pro-Ukrainian demonstration near the village of Ilinka on March 14, 2014, two days before a referendum in Crimea over its bid to break away from Ukraine and join Russia. The pro-Moscow leader of Ukraine's flashpoint Crimea peninsula called today on Russian-speaking eastern regions of Ukraine to hold their own referendums on switching over to Kremlin rule. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 528062384 )

Armed men believed to be Russian military stand outside a Ukrainian military base on March 12, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478173129 )

Girls sit in a bus stop in a residential estate next to a Ukrainian military base on March 12, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478166389 )

A woman and a child walk by a mural depicting Russian president Vladimir Putin giving a hand to Ukrainians in downtown Simferopol on March 12, 2014. Pro-Moscow lawmakers in Crimea voted for independence from Ukraine on March 11 in a precursor to a referendum this weekend for the region to become part of Russia. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527988628 )

Armed pro-Russian servicemen stand guard at Chongar checkpoint blocking the entrance to Crimea on March 10, 2014. Russia vowed on March 10 to unveil its own solution to the Ukrainian crisis that would run counter to US efforts and would appear to leave room for Crimea to switch over to Kremlin rule. The unexpected announcement came as Ukraine's new pro-European leaders raced to rally Western support in the face of the seizure by Kremlin-backed forces of the strategic Black Sea peninsula and plans to hold a Sunday referendum on switching Crimea's allegiance from Kiev to Moscow. ALISA BOROVIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images ( 527932246 )

A woman smokes by the window in an apartment block in Simferopol, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 11, 2014. Crimea's regional legislature on Tuesday adopted a "declaration of independence of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea." The document specified that Crimea will become an independent state if its residents vote on Sunday in favor of joining Russia in the referendum.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Ukraine )

Armed men believed to be Russian military patrol outside a Ukrainian military base on March 12, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478166379 )

Members of the new pro-Russian forces dubbed the "military forces of the autonomous republic of Crimea" stand at the gate, adorned with a Russian flag, of Simferopol's republican military enlistment complex on March 10, 2014. Crimea's pro-Russian authorities sought to boost their claim to break from Ukraine Monday as volunteer soldiers swore an oath of allegiance in front of prime minister Sergei Aksyonov. He told journalists 186 volunteers had so far joined the new Crimean "self-defense" units after pro-Moscow forces took power in the region and announced their intention to join with Russia, with a referendum planned for Sunday. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527933447 )

Cossack armed men working with Pro-Russian forces stand guard at a check point on the road from Simferopol to Sevastopol on March 13, 2014. Several Serbian war veterans identifying themselves as Chetniks have joined pro-Russian troops in Ukraine's Crimea region. Less than three weeks after gunmen seized Crimea's parliament and installed a pro-Moscow government, voters here head to the polls on March 16 for a vote set to cement Russia's takeover of the strategic peninsula. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528024148 )

Police officers help up an injured pro Ukraine protestor during clashes with pro Russia protestors following a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, March 13, 2014. Bloody clashes erupted between pro Russia and pro Ukraine protestors in the eastern city of Donetsk on Thursday evening, leaving dozens injured as police struggled to prevent the violence. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )

Pro-Russian servicemen search a man at Chongar checkpoint blocking the entrance to Crimea on March 10, 2014. Russia vowed on March 10 to unveil its own solution to the Ukrainian crisis that would run counter to US efforts and would appear to leave room for Crimea to switch over to Kremlin rule. The unexpected announcement came as Ukraine's new pro-European leaders raced to rally Western support in the face of the seizure by Kremlin-backed forces of the strategic Black Sea peninsula and plans to hold a Sunday referendum on switching Crimea's allegiance from Kiev to Moscow. ALISA BOROVIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images ( 527931960 )

A pro Russia protestor, right, kicks a pro Ukraine protestor during clashes between the two sides following a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Thursday, March 13, 2014. Bloody clashes erupted between pro Russia and pro Ukraine protestors in the eastern city of Donetsk on Thursday evening, leaving dozens injured as police struggled to prevent the violence. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( Ukraine )

Men hold their hands up on their heads as they are searched by pro-Russian servicemen at Chongar checkpoint blocking the entrance to Crimea on March 10, 2014. Russia vowed on March 10 to unveil its own solution to the Ukrainian crisis that would run counter to US efforts and would appear to leave room for Crimea to switch over to Kremlin rule. The unexpected announcement came as Ukraine's new pro-European leaders raced to rally Western support in the face of the seizure by Kremlin-backed forces of the strategic Black Sea peninsula and plans to hold a Sunday referendum on switching Crimea's allegiance from Kiev to Moscow. ALISA BOROVIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images ( 527933454 )

Russian military vehicles drive on the main road entering Sevastopol on March 11, 2014. Pro-Moscow lawmakers in Crimea voted for independence from Ukraine on March 11 in a precursor to a referendum this weekend for the region to become part of Russia. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527959997 )

Ukrainian soldiers fire a rocket propelled grenade launcher during a military drill at the military shooting range called Goncharivka, 120 kilometers north-east from Kiev, Ukraine, 14 March 2014. Tanks, helicopters, artillery and paratroopers took part at a complex military exercise, inspected by the Ukraine's acting President Olekasndr Turchynov (not pictured), two days before the Crimean referendum. Ukrainian parliament on 13 March backed a decision to create a new National Guard of 60,000 volunteers, in order to supplement its conventional army forces estimated at 130,000 soldiers. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO ( UKRAINE CRISIS MILITARY DRILL )

A Ukrainian tank fires during a military drill at the military shooting range called Goncharivka, 120 kilometers north-east from Kiev, Ukraine, 14 March 2014. Tanks, helicopters, artillery and paratroopers took part at a complex military exercise, inspected by Ukraine's acting President Olekasndr Turchynov (not pictured), two days before the Crimean referendum. Ukrainian parliament on 13 March backed a decision to create a new National Guard of 60,000 volunteers, in order to supplement its conventional army forces estimated at 130,000 soldiers. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO ( UKRAINE CRISIS MILITARY DRILL )

A Ukrainian 'Tunguska' combined gun and missile air defense system fires during a military drill at the military shooting range called Goncharivka, 120 kilometers north-east from Kiev, Ukraine, 14 March 2014. Tanks, helicopters, artillery and paratroopers took part at a complex military exercise, inspected by the Ukraine's acting President Olekasndr Turchynov (not pictured), two days before the Crimean referendum. Ukrainian parliament on 13 March backed a decision to create a new National Guard of 60,000 volunteers, in order to supplement its conventional army forces estimated at 130,000 soldiers. EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO ( UKRAINE CRISIS MILITARY DRILL )

Armored vehicles take part in a military drill held by the Ukrainian army not far from the small city of Goncharovskoye, some 150 km from Kiev, on March 14, 2014. Russia on March 14 declared it reserved the right to protect compatriots in the whole of Ukraine, seen as a threat that Moscow could move its forces beyond the Russian-speaking peninsula of Crimea. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528061847 )

A young Ukrainian volunteer (R), member of the self defense forces of Maidan, is embraced by his girlfriend before his deployment at a training facility, at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 14 March 2014. The volunteers are going to receive proper military training outside Kiev. Ukraine's Parliament backed on 13 March the creation of a new National Guard of 60,000 volunteers to supplement its conventional army forces, consisting of 130,000 soldiers. Ukrainian volunteers crowded the recruitment centers in response to the mobilization call, related to the Russian maneuvers in Crimean peninsula. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT ( UKRAINE CRISIS MAIDAN VOLUNTEERS )

Ukrainian volunteers, members of the self defense forces of Maidan, march with flags and luggage before their deployment at a training facility, at the Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, 14 March 2014. These volunteers are going to receive proper military training outside Kiev. Ukraine's Parliament backed on 13 March the creation of a new National Guard of 60,000 volunteers to supplement its conventional army forces, consisting of 130,000 soldiers. Ukrainian volunteers crowded the recruitment centers in response to the mobilization call, related to the Russian maneuvers in Crimean peninsula. The USA and European Union have threatened sanctions against Moscow over the military standoff in the strategic Crimean peninsula, and are urging Russia to pull back its forces in the region and allow in international observers and human rights monitors. Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population, is strategically important to Russia as the home port of its Black Sea Fleet. EPA/ROBERT GHEMENT ( UKRAINE CRISIS MAIDAN VOLUNTEERS )

Ukrainian soldiers take part in a military shooting drill, not far from the small city of Goncharovskoye, some 150 km from Kiev, on March 14, 2014. Russia on March 14 declared it reserved the right to protect compatriots in the whole of Ukraine, seen as a threat that Moscow could move its forces beyond the Russian-speaking peninsula of Crimea. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528060023 )

A pro Ukrainian protester holds a flag near an Ukrainian military base where troops have been locked into the base by the Russians on March 14, 2014 in Bakhchysarai, Ukraine. Hundreds of ethnic Tatars, a Crimean minority with deep roots in the area and who have long suffered under the Russians, held demonstrations throughout Crimea today against the Crimean peninsula becoming part of Russia. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 478666135 )

Cars make their way past barricades placed on a road near the Dynamo Kyiv soccer club stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. (AP Photo/David Azia) ( Ukraine )

An anti-Russian protester holds a placard during a demonstration outside the residence of the US ambassador to the UK in central London on March 14, 2014, where US Foreign Secretary John Kerry meets his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. The United States and Russia failed to resolve a Cold-War-style crisis sparked by Moscow's military intervention in Crimea and the Ukrainian peninsula's weekend referendum on joining Kremlin rule. CARL COURT/AFP/Getty Images ( 528061594 )

Members of the so-called pro-Russian "Crimean people's self-defense forces" stand outside the main military hospital in Simferopol on March 10, 2014. Ukraine sought urgent Western backing after Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted that Crimea had the right to join his country even while hinting at a readiness for dialogue. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527927186 )

A supporter of Ukraine, with their mouth taped over, attends a rally in support of the Keeping Crimea a part of the Ukraine on March 13, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 478409945 )

Pro-Russian forces dubbed the "military forces of the autonomous republic of Crimea" stand before their swearing-in ceremony in the Republican military enlistment complex in Simferopol on March 10, 2014. Crimea's pro-Russian authorities sought to boost their claim to break from Ukraine Monday as volunteer soldiers swore an oath of allegiance in front of prime minister Sergei Aksyonov. He told journalists 186 volunteers had so far joined the new Crimean "self-defense" units after pro-Moscow forces took power in the region and announced their intention to join with Russia, with a referendum planned for Sunday. MONTE FORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527947472 )

Armed men believed to be Russian military patrol outside a Ukrainian military base on March 12, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 478166377 )

Pro Russian supporters attend a rally in support of the unification of Crimea with Russia on March 9, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. As the standoff between the Russian military and Ukrainian forces continues in Ukraine's Crimean peninsula, world leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the escalating situation. Crimean citizens will vote in a referendum on 16 March on whether to become part of the Russian federation. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 477471669 )