BREAKING NEWS

Voting begins in Crimea to decide if region leaves Ukraine for Russia

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine - Voting got underway in Crimea on Sunday as the inhabitants of this Ukrainian region began to cast their ballots in a referendum aimed at deciding whether the peninsula leaves Ukraine and becomes part of Russia.
European leaders and US President Barack Obama have dismissed the vote, which has been organized by Crimea's pro-Russian authorities at short notice, as illegitimate, saying it would violate Ukraine's constitution