WASHINGTON: United States (US) Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday threatened "a very serious series of steps" against Russia with the European Union in response to Crimea's vote on Sunday to break away from Ukraine.
The top American envoy told some senators that Russia has an estimated 20,000 troops in Crimea, home to the Russian Black Sea Fleet, as the Russian-majority autonomous region is well certain to vote to leave Ukraine and join Russia in the referendum days away.
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