WASHINGTON: United States (US) President Barack Obama on Wednesday rejected the legitimacy of a referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimea region and expressed strong support for the new government in Kiev.

"We reject a referendum patched together in a few weeks with Russian military personnel taking over Crimea," Obama told reporters after meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk at the White House.

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