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Ukrainian interim forces recruits stand guard in front of weapons during a training session not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. Ukraine's parliament on March 17 approved the partial mobilization of troops to counter "Russian interference" on its soil, a day after Crimea voted to secede from Kiev and join Russia. Ahead of March 16 referendum, Kiev had called last week for the initial mobilization of reservists and approved the creation of a new National Guard of 60,000 volunteers, as Russian forces encircled Ukrainian military bases in Crimea. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147739 )

Pro-Russian demonstrators crowd around Ukrainian police during a rally in Donetsk, Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014. Ukraine's new government in Kiev called Sunday's Crimea referendum a "circus" directed at gunpoint by Moscow. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevich) ( Ukraine )

Ukrainian soldiers are seen from behind a sandbag barrier as they patrol at a checkpoint not far of the border with Crimea, near the village of Chongar, Kherson area, Ukraine, 16 March 2014. More than 90 per cent of Crimeans voted for the Ukrainian region's accession to Russia, according to an exit poll published after a controversial referendum ended on 16 March. The referendum was widely condemned by Western governments, who referred to it as 'illegal'. The European Union and the US threatened sanctions against Russia, which they accuse of invading and annexing the Ukrainian territory. EPA/IVAN BOBERSKYY ( epaselect UKRAINE CRISIS CRIMEA REFERENDUM )

Russian armoured vehicles drive on the road between Simferopol and Sevastopol on March 17, 2014. Ukraine's foreign minister denounced Russian "provocations" on March 17, 2014, warning of a troop build-up on the border and the presence of "political tourists" in its eastern regions. "We are very much concerned by the number of Russian troops on the (border)," Foreign Minister Andriy Deshchytsya said after talks with NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528146671 )

Self defense volunteers, some of them holding wooden clubs, line up outside the Parliament in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, March 17, 2014. A referendum held in Crimea on Sunday was widely condemned by Western leaders who were planning to discuss economic sanctions to punish Russia on Monday. Ukraine's new government in Kiev called the referendum a "circus" directed at gunpoint by Moscow.(AP Photo/David Azia) ( Ukraine )

Ukrainian military personel stand inside a Ukrainian military base on March 17, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. Voters on the autonomous Ukrainian peninsular of Crimea voted overwhelmingly yesterday to secede from their country and join Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479219969 )

Members of the public walk past a Russian military personnel carrier outside a Ukrainian military base on March 17, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479224527 )

A Ukrainian interim forces officer (R) supervises recruits during a shooting exercise not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147357 )

An armed soldier without any identifying insignia keeps guard outside of a Ukrainian military base near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 17, 2014 in Perevevalne, Ukraine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 479224625 )

Armed soldiers without identifying insignia keep guard outside of a Ukrainian military base in the town of Perevevalne near the Crimean city of Simferopol on March 17, 2014 in Perevevalne, Ukraine. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 479224681 )

Cossack men install a Russian flag and a Crimean flag on the roof of the City Hall building on March 17, 2014 in Bakhchysarai, Ukraine. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479273855 )

Couples dance in Lenin Square on March 17, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. Voters on the autonomous Ukrainian peninsular of Crimea voted overwhelmingly yesterday to secede from their country and join Russia. Crimea will seek to adopt the Russian Ruble as its official currency. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 479278903 )

A Ukrainian interim forces officer (R) talks to recruits during their exercises not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147857 )

People hold their Ukrainian national flags and a poster featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin and reading "Stop Putin" as they demonstrate in front of the Russian Embassy in Berlin on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DPA / KAY NIETFELD /AFP/Getty Images ( 528147718 )

A Ukrainian interim forces officer (L) supervises recruits during a shooting exercise not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147717 )

Crimea's Russia-backed leader Sergei Aksyonov gestures as people celebrate in Lenin Square, in downtown Simferopol, Ukraine, Sunday, March 16, 2014. Polls have closed in Crimea's contentious referendum on seceding from Ukraine and seeking annexation by Russia. The vote, unrecognized both by the Ukrainian government and the West, was held Sunday as Russian flags fluttered in the breeze and retirees grew weepy at the thought of reuniting with Russia. (AP Photo/Max Vetrov) ( APTOPIX Ukraine )

Ukrainian special troops stand guard in front of the parliament during a session in Kiev, on March 17, 2014. Crimea was due to formally apply to join Russia on March 17 after voting to split from Ukraine, as Europe prepared to hit Moscow with a wave of sanctions in the worst East-West stand-off since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528137734 )

Head of the Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Andriy Parubiy delivers a speech during a parliamentary session on March 17, 2014, in Kiev. Ukrainian troops will remain in Crimea, the country's defense minister said that day even as media reported the separatist peninsula planned to disband Ukrainian units there. The day before Crimeans voted overwhelmingly to join former political master Russia as tensions soared in the east of the splintered ex-Soviet nation amid the worst East-West crisis since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO/ YURY KIRNICHNY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528138832 )

Ukrainian demonstrators hold their national flags and posters bearing pictures mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin in front of the EU headquarters during a Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on March 17, 2014. EU foreign ministers are gathering on March 17 to discuss possible sanctions response to the Crimean referendum. AFP PHOTO/JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images ( 528140074 )

A man is searched as armed militiamen secure the area by the Crimean parliament building in central Simferopol on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ Filippo MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528141585 )

Pro-Russian activists stage a rally as police forces stand guard in front of the regional state administration building in Donetsk, eastern Ukrainian, on March 17, 2014. The United States on March 17 imposed financial sanctions on seven top Russian government officials and lawmakers to punish Russia's incursion into Crimea. The list of officials who will see any property, assets and interests blocked in the United States includes Dmitry Rogozin, deputy prime minister, and several senior members of the Duma and advisors to President Vladimir Putin. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528143045 )

A pro-Russian activist holds a flag during a rally as police forces stand guard in front of the regional state administration building in Donetsk, eastern Ukrainian, on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528143079 )

A Ukrainian interim forces officer (R) shows weapons to recruits during a training session not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147861 )

An armed man, believed to be Russian serviceman, patrols outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalnoye on March 17, 2014. The United States and Europe aimed sanctions directly at Vladmir Putin's inner circle Monday to punish Russia's move to annex Crimea, deepening the worst East-West rift since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO/ VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528145769 )

A man plays accordion as people dance during celebrations in Sevastopol on March 17, 2014. Crimea declared independence today and applied to join Russia while the Kremlin braced for sanctions after the flashpoint peninsula voted to leave Ukraine in a ballot that has fanned the worst East-West tensions since the Cold War. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147467 )

Cossacks, pro-Russian activists, march to take part in a rally outside the regional state administration building in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528143224 )

A man holds a Crimean flag as he secures the Crimean parliament building in central Simferopol on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 528143668 )

A soldier stands guard near armored vehicles parked in front of the Ukrainian Ground Forces Academy in western Ukrainian city of Lviv on 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI DYACHYSHYN/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144982 )

US President Barack Obama speaks about the situation in the Crimea region of Ukraine during a statement in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / Saul LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ( 528145230 )

A Ukrainian interim forces officer (L) talks to recruits during a training session not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147743 )

Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, patrol outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalnoye on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528145732 )

Armed men, believed to be Russian servicemen, patrol outside an Ukrainian military base in Perevalnoye on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ VASILY MAXIMOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528145870 )

A Russian armored vehicle drives on the road between Simferopol and Sevastopol on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528146687 )

A Ukrainian interim forces officer (L) supervises a recruit during a shooting exercise not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147360 )

A man plays accordion as people dance during celebrations in Sevastopol on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147581 )

A Ukrainian interim forces officer (R) supervises recruits during a shooting exercise not far from Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528147780 )

Members of the riot police stand in front of pro-Russian activists holding Russian flags and flags with the colours of the ribbon of Saint George, a Russian military decoration, as they storm the prosecutor's office in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on March 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER KHUDOTEPLY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528138623 )

People hold Ukrainian flags as they gather in front of the parliament in Kiev on March 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528144484 )

Armed Russian forces arrest Ukrainian army officers during an operation in Simferopol on March 18, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18 signed a treaty claiming the Black Sea region of Crimea as Russian territory as Ukraine warned the showdown had entered a "military stage" with the killing of one of its soldiers on the peninsula. AFP PHOTO / Alisa BOROVIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images ( 528167915 )

Unidentified armed men search an area close to an Ukrainian military unit in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Gunfire at the military facility in the capital of separatist Crimea killed one serviceman and a member of a local self-defense brigade, a police spokeswoman was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. (AP Photo/Andrei Udovichenko) ( Crimea )

A sailor stands guard on Ukrainian Slavutych military ship on Sevastopol bay, on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's Western-backed prime minister said on Tuesday that his country's conflict with Russia was entering a "military stage" following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528166817 )

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R), Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov (L), Crimean parliament speaker Vladimir Konstantionov (2nd L) and Alexei Chaly, Sevastopol's new de facto mayor (R), sign a treaty on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula becoming part of Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow , on March 18, 2014. Putin pushed today every emotional button of the collective Russian psyche as he justified the incorporation of Crimea, citing everything from ancient history to Russia's demand for respect to Western double standards. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL/ ALEXEY DRUZHININ/AFP/Getty Images ( 528167639 )

Workmen change the lettering on the Parliament building to a sign that reads 'Crimean Autonomous Council' on March 18, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed Crimea as a part of Russia and said that Crimea would have three equal languages, Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar. Voters on the autonomous Ukrainian peninsular of Crimea voted overwhelmingly to secede from their country and join Russia. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 479351683 )

An armed man clears a roof of an Ukrainian military unit in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. A Ukrainian military spokesman says a serviceman has been killed and another injured when a base in Crimea was stormed by armed men. Vladislav Seleznev, a spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces in Crimea, said on his Facebook page that the base in the Crimean capital Simferopol was stormed by unknown armed men on Tuesday. He said a truck bearing a Russian flag was used in the operation. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( Crimea )

Unidentified armed men search an area close to an Ukrainian military unit in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Gunfire at the military facility in the capital of separatist Crimea killed one serviceman and a member of a local self-defense brigade, a police spokeswoman was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. (AP Photo/Andrei Udovichenko) ( Crimea )

Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov (R) and Crimean parliament speaker Vladimir Konstantinov (L) celebrate in the Kremlin in Moscow on March 18, 2014, after signing a treaty on the Ukrainian Black Sea Crimea peninsula becoming part of Russia. Russia's President Vladimir Putin signed today a treaty with the leaders of Crimea on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula becoming part of Russia, state television showed. AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528162569 )

Russian President Vladimir Putin is viewed on a television screen in a cafe on March 18, 2014 in Simferopol, Ukraine. Putin celebrated this weekend's referendum in Crimea, saying that 96% who voted chose to join Russia. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) ( 479342903 )

Unidentified armed men search an area close to an Ukrainian military unit in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. Gunfire at the military facility in the capital of separatist Crimea killed one serviceman and a member of a local self-defense brigade, a police spokeswoman was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. (AP Photo/Andrei Udovichenko) ( Crimea )

Pro-Kremlin activists rally at the Red Square in Moscow, on March 18, 2014, to celebrate the incorporation of Crimea. President Vladimir Putin pushed today every emotional button of the collective Russian psyche as he justified the incorporation of Crimea, citing everything from ancient history to Russia's demand for respect to Western double standards. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY SEREBRYAKOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528165785 )

A soldier stands guard at the Ukrainian Defence Ministry in Kiev on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's Western-backed prime minister said today that his country's conflict with Russia was entering a "military stage" following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / MYKHAYLO MARKIV /AFP/Getty Images ( 528167253 )

An elderly woman holding a calendar depicting Soviet leader Josef Stalin celebrates after watching a broadcast of Russian President Vladimir Putin's speech on Crimea in Sevastopol, Crimea, Tuesday, March 18, 2014 as thousands of pro-Russian people gathered to watch the address . Fiercely defending Russia's move to annex Crimea, Putin said Russia had to respond to what he described as a western plot to take Ukraine into its influence. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( APTOPIX Crimea )

Unidentified armed men stand before they loaded into a truck at a territory close to an Ukrainian military unit in Simferopol, Crimea, on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. A Ukrainian military spokesman says a serviceman has been killed and another injured when a base in Crimea was stormed by armed men. Vladislav Seleznev, a spokesman for the Ukrainian armed forces in Crimea, said on his Facebook page that the base in the Crimean capital Simferopol was stormed by unknown armed men on Tuesday. He said a truck bearing a Russian flag was used in the operation. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( Crimea )

Russian Navy ship sails in front of Ukrainian Ternopil military ship on Sevastopol bay, on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's Western-backed prime minister said on Tuesday that his country's conflict with Russia was entering a "military stage" following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528166590 )

Pro-Kremlin activist hold Russian flags near a monument to Red Army soldier as they rally in the southern Russian city of Stavropol, on March 18, 2014, to celebrate the incorporation of Crimea. President Vladimir Putin pushed today every emotional button of the collective Russian psyche as he justified the incorporation of Crimea, citing everything from ancient history to Russia's demand for respect to Western double standards. AFP PHOTO / DANIL SEMYONOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528166535 )

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R), Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov (L), Crimean parliament speaker Vladimir Konstantionov (2nd L) and Alexei Chaly, Sevastopol's new de facto mayor (R), join hands after signing a treaty on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula becoming part of Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow , on March 18, 2014. Putin pushed today every emotional button of the collective Russian psyche as he justified the incorporation of Crimea, citing everything from ancient history to Russia's demand for respect to Western double standards. AFP PHOTO/ RIA-NOVOSTI/ POOL/ ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528168042 )

The mother and wife of Reshat Ametov follow the coffin of Reshat Ametov during his funeral ceremony in Simferopol on March 18, 2014. Crimean Tatar Reshat Ametov, who had been protesting against Russian troops in the Black Sea peninsula has been found dead, days after he was seen being hauled away by men in military-style jackets. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 528165121 )

People wave Russian flags as they look at Russian President Vladimir Putin delivering a speech on a screen on March 18, 2014, in Sevastopol. Putin signed a treaty with the leaders of Crimea on the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula becoming part of Russia, state television showed. AFP PHOTO/ VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528163376 )

Ukrainian pilots stay at attention at the military airbase in Belbek, not far from Sevastopol, on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's Western-backed prime minister said on Tuesday that his country's conflict with Russia was entering a "military stage" following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528166516 )

A Ukrainian sailor stands guard on the Ternopil military ship on Sevastopol bay, on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's Western-backed prime minister said on Tuesday that his country's conflict with Russia was entering a "military stage" following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea. AFP PHOTO / VIKTOR DRACHEV/AFP/Getty Images ( 528166554 )

A soldier stands guard at the Ukrainian Defense Ministry in Kiev on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's Western-backed prime minister said today that his country's conflict with Russia was entering a "military stage" following claims by Kiev that one of its officers was shot and wounded in Crimea. AFP PHOTO / UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE / MYKHAYLO MARKIV /AFP/Getty Images ( 528167283 )

Armed Russian forces arrest Ukrainian army officers during an operation in Simferopol on March 18, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 18 signed a treaty claiming the Black Sea region of Crimea as Russian territory as Ukraine warned the showdown had entered a "military stage" with the killing of one of its soldiers on the peninsula. AFP PHOTO / Alisa BOROVIKOVA/AFP/Getty Images ( 528167706 )

Armed members of the Russian forces wait outside the Ukrainian firefighters brigade headquarters in Simferopol on March 18, 2014. Ukraine said one of its soldiers was killed in Crimea today in the first case of bloodshed since Russian troops and pro-Kremlin militia seized the rebel peninsula almost three weeks ago. AFP PHOTO / FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images ( 528167953 )

An elderly Maidan self-defense activist wearing a military helmet speaks with an Ukrainian officer during an open air recruit point of the National guard in the center of Kiev on March 18, 2014. Ukraine's parliament approved on the eve the partial mobilization of troops to counter "Russian interference" in the country, after Crimea voted to secede from Kiev and join Russia. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 528165836 )