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    Armed pro-Russian militiamen force UN envoy to cut Crimea trip short

    kyivpost.com
    3/6/14

    Ukraine's Foreign Ministry initially said that Serry was kidnapped in Simferopol.

    "Serry has just informed us that his car in Simferopol was blocked by unknown people in uniforms and they told him they were under orders to take him to the airport. He refused to go and was seized and is effectivey being held by a group of unknown people as a hostage."

    Armed pro-Russian militiamen force UN envoy to cut Crimea trip short



    United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry was blocked on March 5 in Crimea by armed men who made him leave the peninsula.

    United Nations peace envoy Robert Serry had to cut short his visit to Crimea after a group of armed pro-Russian militiamen blocked him and threatened in his car in Simferopol, capital city of the peninsula on March 5.

    Serry, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, arrived to Ukraine on March 5 after he was asked by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson the day before "to travel to Crimea to take stock and evaluate the situation there."

    Ukraine's Foreign Ministry initially said that Serry was kidnapped in Simferopol.

    "Serry has just informed us that his car in Simferopol was blocked by unknown people in uniforms and they told him they were under orders to take him to the airport. He refused to go and was seized and is effectivey being held by a group of unknown people as a hostage," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Yevhen Perebyinis said.

    But later James Mates, editor for ITV news wrote on his twitter that Serry, whose car has been blocked by "protesters chanting Putin, Putin!" went to a coffee shop and stayed there for awhile. Then the envoy agreed to end his mission in Crimea and go to the airport.

    "Very unpleasant incident over. Robert Serry said very happy to leave Crimea if it helped de escalate the situation," Mates wrote on his twitter.

    The press service of Border Service also reported about the missing of head of the State Border Service, Colonel General Kovalev in Yalta.



    Head of the State Border Service, Colonel General Mykhailo Kovalev

    A group of some 40 individuals, mostly bikers, cut Kovalev off from the officers who accompanied him when he walked out of a border service's check point and forced him into an SUV. The car then left in an unknown direction.

    But later Kovalev got in touch with his border service and reported he was OK, according to Interfax Ukraine.

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    Moment FIFTEEN gunmen threatened United Nations diplomat, forcing him to take refuge before he was escorted to nearest airport and made to leave Crimea


    • Dutch special envoy Robert Serry retreated into cafe after being threatened at gunpoint by ten to 15 men
    • He refused to be taken by them and took refuge in the Crimean coffee shop
    • Crowds gathered outside, some armed and some in paramilitary uniform, chanting: 'Russia! Russia!'
    • After being escorted out through the crowds, Mr Serry left for the airport


    By William Turvill
    PUBLISHED: 20:42 EST, 5 March 2014 | UPDATED: 20:59 EST, 5 March 2014



    This video shows the moment a United Nations special envoy was forced to take refuge after being threatened at gunpoint by ten to 15 men and told to leave the Crimea region of Ukraine.

    Dutch diplomat Robert Serry retreated into a café after the men told him they were under orders to take him to the airport and got into his car.

    Crowds gathered outside the café, some armed and some in paramilitary uniform, chanting ‘Russia! Russia!’


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    This picture shows Robert Serry with his assistant, Ruth Sigalus, after they took refuge in a cafe in Crimea



    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had dispatched Mr Serry (pictured) to Ukraine as a special envoy last week

    Mr Serry was forced to cut short his mission to the disputed region after being ordered to leave, UN officials said.

    Mr Serry was escorted out into a vehicle which was immediately surrounded by 100 demonstrators, some waving Russian flags and beating on the windows, before police pushed a way through and accompanied the vehicle to the airport.

    After waiting in the café, Mr Serry was driven to Simferopol airport, according to Associated Press. He was later flown to Istanbul, Turkey.

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    In a statement, the former ambassador to Ukraine said: ‘I’m safe. My visit was interrupted for reasons that I cannot understand.’

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had dispatched Mr Serry to Ukraine as a special envoy last week.



    UN diplomat Robert Serry retreated into this cafe after being threatened by ten to 15 armed men in Crimea



    These men guarded the door of the cafe as Mr Serry waited inside to be escorted away



    Mr Serry was escorted out into a vehicle which was immediately surrounded by 100 demonstrators, some waving Russian flags, before police pushed a way through and accompanied the vehicle to the airport

    ITV reporter James Mates and a camera crew, who were in the coffee shop with Mr Serry, were begged not to leave and told their presence would protect him.

    His assistant, Ruth Sigalus, said: ‘No, no, no. Don’t leave. Please.’ And Mr Serry told them: ‘Appreciate you being here.’
    ITV News reported that some of the men who had threatened him outside the café were dressed in paramilitary uniform, and some were armed.

    Speaking after being escorted away from the area to the airport, Mr Serry told ITV: ‘I think this incident is just an example of how serious the situation has become.

    ‘And my hope is that everybody will realise that the situation is very urgent now - to find a way to deescalate the tensions here.’


    After being escorted to leave the cafe, Mr Serry was driven to Simferopol airport and flown to Kiev

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