Putin vetoes UN resolution as Crimea polling stations prepare for referendum

As Crimea crisis remain unresolved, Russia has vetoed a Western-backed resolution condemning the Crimea referendum at a UN Security Council emergency vote on Saturday, while China abstained, isolating Moscow further on the Ukraine crisis.


The UN draft resolution, which says Sunday's referendum would have no validity, got 13 votes in the 15-member Council. But it was rejected when permanent member Russia exercised its veto.