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UN Envoy "Kidnapped" In Crimea, Meets, Tweets With ITV News Crew In Cafe Before Leaving Ukraine

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A United Nations envoy was reportedly kidnapped earlier in Ukraine, which was disputed.

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Just Bloomberg headlines for now which don’t mesh well with the whole “detente” narrative, supposedly unleashed by Putin’s conference yesterday in which he was said to “blink”, which he didn’t but algo-driven stocks are convinced he did and algos are always right:

  • UN ENVOY KIDNAPPED IN SIMFEROPOL, IFX CITES UKRAINE FOREIGN MIN
  • UN ENVOY SERRY’S CAR WAS STOPPED IN SIMFEROPOL: UKRAINE FOR.MIN

And the “confirmation”:

  • UKRAINE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN CONFIRMS REPORT THAT UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HELD IN CRIMEA

From Reuters:

Armed men seized Robert Serry, a special representative of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Ukraine’s Crimea region on Wednesday, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said.

 

Russian forces have taken control of Crimea in southern Ukraine. Serry was held in the region’s main city, Simferopol, a ministry spokeswoman said.

It is certainly not clear who the kidnappers were. So just another provocation, simple lie, or for once, the truth?  We hope to find out soon.

* * *

Update: and now we know the answer – lie and borderline provocation, once again by the Ukraine foreign ministry

  • DEPUTY U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL ELIASSON DENIES REPORTS U.N.  REPRESENTATIVE SERRY WAS KIDNAPPED, SAYS SERRY WAS THREATENED
  • ITN REPORTER WITH UN ENVOY IN CRIMEA ON TWITTER: UN SPECIAL ENVOY ROBERT SERRY WITH ME IN COFFEE SHOP. OUTSIDE LOCAL MILITIA BLOCK THE DOOR

He turns up at a cafe with an ITV News crew.

With Robert Serry now. not kidnapped, but held in a coffee shop. Some men outside prevent him from leaving.

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

Special rep is waiting in coffee shop for help. He’s asked us to stay with him and keep filming #Ukriane

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

UN special advisor Robert Serry had been visiting navy commander when his car was blocked. Stand off followed #Ukraine

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

He refused to go with men blocking car, got out and walked until he found coffee shop. He’s asked ITV News team to stay with him. #Ukraine

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

UN special envoy Robert Serry’s assistant says she saw at least one man with a gun among group who blocked his car. #Ukraine

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

Outside coffee shop are men in combat fatigues blocking the door. Some wear pro Russia black and gold arm band. Not allowing anyone in/out

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

UN special envoy Robert Serry with me in coffee shop. Outside local militia block the door. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/pbotNqCG3i

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

View of militia from inside coffee shop where UN envoy Robert Serry is blockaded inside pic.twitter.com/ojbAruMzyW

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

Robert Serry has now agreed to go straight to the airport and end his mission in #Crimea

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

Car moves slowly off to cries of Crimea Russiia #Ukraine

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

Robert Serry finally on his way to the airport, police having forced a way through an angry crowd. #crimea

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

Very unpleasant incident over. Robert Serry said v happy to leave #crimea if it helped de escalate the situation.

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

UN Envoy Robert #Serry confirms to @itvnews that he’s on his way to Istanbul Wants to ‘have a sleep, and then brief the UN Sec Gen’ #crimea

— James Mates (@jamesmatesitv) March 5, 2014

VIDEO: UN’s #RobertSerry leaves #Simferopol coffee shop for airport amid chanting protesters http://t.co/urSnW60PHK pic.twitter.com/B3rUDYyVGx

— RT (@RT_com) March 5, 2014



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