 54% of the Crimean voters supported independence with a 60% turnout (in Sevastopol 57% supported independence).The percentage of the total Crimean electorate that had voted for Ukrainian independence in the referendum was 37%.In 1994, the legal status of Crimea as part of Ukraine was backed up by Russia, who pledged to uphold the territorial integrity of Ukraine in a memorandum signed in 1994, also signed by the US and UK.