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Objections of the u.s. and its allies. >> if there is a referendum and it votes to move crimea out of ukraine and to russia, we won't recognize it, and most of the world won't either. >> nbc's jim maceda has more on the situation from the point of view of moscow. >> reporter: hey, chuck. well, six days now before the crimean referendum, and russian and pro-russian forces are further tightening their hold over the peninsula. ukrainian sources saying there are now 20,000 to 30,000 russian troops -- that's two to three divisions -- on crimea, and controlling at least 11 ukrainian border posts. ev...

Going on and it continues to go on right behind me. literally, the fog that we saw for so many days has listed. the sun has been out. today is a holiday in ukraine. it's the birthday of the beloved poet. people are celebrating and wearing ukrainian flags so there is a sense of nationalism. but there's more of a carnival atmosphere on the streets than there is of a country frankly on the verge of war. but more military vehicles are moving around crimea today. they're promised to be russian. still everything in this military build up is unmarked. but ukrainians are convinced that they're russian...

While denying russian toopes have taken over the region. >> ukraine's acting prime minister is set to visit the u.s. this week to discuss the crisis. he says, quote, our fatheres and grandfather ves spilled their blood for this land and we won't budge a single centimeter from ukrainian land. let russia and its president know this. but it appears that vladimir putin is not listening. russia appears to be more em boldedened with those 11 border posts now under moscow control. what will be vladimir putin's next move? good morning, ambassador. >> did morning, eric. glad to be with you. >> good to ...

To washington later in the week but the reality, of course, is that russia is consolidating its grim on crimea. more troops coming in. we have seen convoys of trucks, unmarked trucks, but with number plates that suggest they're from the moscow region. we've also seen what we assume to be russian troops taking over border posts from the ukrainians and continuing to surround military bases. they also continue to block the entry of those european and other international monitors from coming into crimea and seem that is russia's moving pretty actively to annex crimea as quickly as possible, that r...

Delusional about this. >> at the united nations, samantha power followed in a long tradition of american u.n. ambassadors telling their soviet and now russian counterparts that they are inventing their own facts. >> so many of the assertions made this afternoon by the russian federation are without basis in reality. let's begin with a clear and candid assessment of the facts. it is a fact that russian military forces have taken over ukrainian border posts. it is a fact that russia has taken over the ferry terminal. it is a fact that russian ships are moving in. it's a fact that russian forces ...