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John Kerry: Globe in Ukraine Ukraine readies forces as tensions rise, according to Globe and Mail. Howard Drake This Crimea vote is no way to determine independence. It should not go ahead Secretary of State John Kerry warned that the U.S. and Europe would be forced to take "serious series of steps" against Russia if a referendum on Crimea goes forward. Rough Cut no reporter narration Reuters Video Video: Kerry says U.S. and Europe will respond if Crimea referendum occurs A Russian Army officer, back to camera, helps an armored personnel carrier drive on a street in Sevastopol, Ukraine's Black Sea port and site of a major Russian naval base, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014. Tensions were building up in the Crimea, where ethnic Russians who make the majority of the local population are deeply suspicious of the new Ukrainian authorities who replaced fugitive Russia-backed President Viktor Yanukovych. AP Infographic The Crimea and Ukraine: an overview Video Video: What can Obama actually do to help Ukraine? John Baird says a $220-million Canadian contribution towards stabilizing the Ukrainian government will come with "safeguards and transparency." The foreign affairs minister says there will be no "blank cheque." CP Video Video Video: Money for Ukraine will come with strict conditions: Baird An 11th-hour bid by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to ease the escalating crisis over the Kremlins intervention in Crimea ended inconclusively on Friday, with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, declaring that Russia and the West have no common vision about the events that led to the impasse. More Related to this Story MacGlobe in Ukraine: Pro-Russia vote in Crimea will be intolerable for some (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.