ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday (March 4) condemned Russia's "act of aggression" in Ukraine's Crimea region.<br/> <br />Visiting Kiev to show support for Ukraine's new leaders after Russian forces took control of Crimea, Kerry said there was no evidence to support Moscow's version of events - that Russian speakers are in danger in Ukraine.<br/> <br />"We condemn the Russian Federation's act of aggression and we have, throughout this moment, evidence of a great transformation taking place, and in that transformation we will stand with the people of Ukraine," Kerry told a news conference in the Ukrainian capital.<br/> <br />Russian forces have taken over military installations and other buildings in Crimea, a peninsula where Russia's Black Sea Fleet has a base. President Vladimir Putin says he reserves the right to use force as a last resort to protect compatriots.
