Early results show Crimea votes to join Russia

Preliminary results for the vote on having Crimea join Russia has shown strong support towards Crimea becoming part of Russia. With about 75% of the votes counted, the results so far have shown 96% in favor. The United States has emphasized that they will not be recognizing Crimea as a part of Russia, as they claim that it violates the Ukrainian constitution. Obama has come out stating that the elections were under threat and not true elections, as Russia has already intervened militarily there. It seems that the inevitable is finally happening, as tensions between Russia and the U.S have not been this high since the cold war. It should be interesting to see exactly how U.S responds(Most likely sanctions against Russia) and how Russia will respond to those.