Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) — Political tension roiled in Ukraine's Crimea region Friday as its ambassador to the United Nations warned Russia against any further violation of its territorial borders, a warning that came as the United States urged
The parliament of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea has proposed a referendum to determine the region's future amid the turmoil in the country.
For years, cars passing from mainland Ukraine to the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea have driven peacefully over two highways, both lined with rundown Soviet-era buildings. The region has been known for centuries as a summer paradise for Russia's elite
Crimea's ethnic composition and Western policy towards Ukraine could create a Kosovo-like scenario where the majority of Russian speaking residents would claim independence which could lead to violence on the ground,
Local ethnic Russian 'self-defense squads' have taken control of and raised Russian flags over the buildings of the Crimean parliament and government in the region's capital, Simferopol.
Obama Warns Russia Not to Intervene in Crimea
