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Pro-Russian troops control a ferry terminal on the easternmost tip of Ukraine's Crimea region just 12 miles from Russia, intensifying fears that Moscow will send even more troops into the strategic Black Sea region. (Associated Press)

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U.N. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin speaks during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Monday, March 3, 2014 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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U.N. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin arrives for a meeting on the Ukraine in the U.N. Security Council, Monday, March 3, 2014 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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U.N. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, far left, speaks after listening to U.N. Ukraine Ambassador Yuriy Sergeyev, far right, during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Monday March 3, 2014 at U.N. headquarters. Ukraine's mission to the United Nations claimed Monday that 16,000 Russian troops have been deployed in the strategic Crimea region, while Russia's U.N. ambassador told an emergency Security Council meeting that Ukraine's fugitive president requested them. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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U.N. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, far left, listens as U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power, far right, speaks during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine, Monday, March 3, 2014, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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U.N. Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin shows a document as he speaks during a meeting of the U.N. Security Council, Monday, March 3, 2014 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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FILE - This Feb. 28, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry speaking at the State Department in Washington. Tensions mounting, the U.S. and European allies struggle over whether threatened international penalties are enough to deter Russia from overtaking the strategic Crimean peninsula. Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Kiev in a diplomatic show of support for Ukraine but critics say it's too little, too late. European leaders are concerned about Russia's supplies of natural gas for their countries. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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** FILE ** This Feb. 28, 2014, file-pool photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin during his working meetings at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky, File-Pool)

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Ukrainian Maria, 23, right, and Vanui, 22, hold posters against Russia's military intervention in Crimea, in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, March 2, 2014. Russia's parliament approved a motion to use the country's military in Ukraine after a request from President Vladimir Putin as protests in Russian-speaking cities turned violent Saturday, sparking fears of a wide-scale invasion. The poster in the right side reads in Ukrainian: "I am from Russia, please protect me and remove the weapons and soldiers from Ukraine." (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, listens to Gen. Ivan Buvaltsev, right, as they observe a military exercise near St. Petersburg, Russia, Monday, March 3, 2014. pro-Russian troops held all Ukrainian border posts Monday in Crimea, as well as all military facilities and a key ferry terminal, cementing their stranglehold on the strategic Ukrainian peninsula. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)