Russia declares war on Ukraine. Live updates from inside Ukraine

Dolby_X
reply to post by KingKrunk101

 

and Canada we got some pothead and maple syrup addict !

We only wish that was true...

Well.... interesting comparison so far

Armed men stop U.N. chief's representative in Crimea: Ukrainian ministry

Kiev - Armed men stopped a special representative of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in Ukraine's Crimea region on Wednesday, Ukraine's foreign ministry said.

U.N. Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson said Robert Serry had been threatened but had not been kidnapped.

Serry phoned up Ukraine's deputy foreign minister and described the incident as it was unfolding, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Press Secretary Yevhen Perebiynis said.

"He said that as he left the headquarters of the navy in Simferopol, his vehicle was blocked by unknown men in uniform with weapons, who said they had an order to take him to the airport. He refused, and they are still holding him."

Crimea is under the control of Russian military forces, although Moscow describes its troops there who wear no insignia on their uniforms as "self-defense" units of the local administration.

(Reporting by Timothy Heritage; Editing by Peter Graff and Sonya Hepinstall)

Reuters

Doesn't sound like he's safe in his hotel room to me.

UN special envoy Robert Serry with me in coffee shop. Outside local militia block the door. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/ExCaUgUhN2 - @jamesmatesitv— grasswire (@grasswire) March 5, 2014

17:03: Some 40 assailants "dressed like bikers" seized Col Gen Mikhail Koval at about 16:00 local time near the gates of the Coast Guard naval base. They pushed away the officers surrounding the general and shoved him into a jeep, the border guard's press service said. They believe Col Gen Koval was taken to Sevastopol, and was trying to negotiate with the kidnappers, the BBC understands.

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I have to admit the conduct of the Russian troops has been outstanding. They have really pulled themselves together and the USA and allies has a thing or two to learn.

Not saying by the way what Putin's done is right but the Russian troops (who are just following orders) haven't themselves been out of line.

If the US and its allies (including the UK) had gone in Im sure bombs and bullets would have been exchanged by now.

reply to post by Seek_Truth


He's got an ITV UK news man sitting with him in a coffee shop. This is bizarre.

James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 5m
UN special envoy Robert Serry with me in coffee shop. Outside local militia block the door. #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/pbotNqCG3i

James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 9m
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 12m
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 14m
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

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I think he needs to get to a safer place because he could be a danger. Out of Crimea I suppose?

deviant300
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I think he needs to get to a safer place because he could be a danger. Out of Crimea I suppose?

Funny you should say that.


James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 32s
Robert Serry has now agreed to go straight to the airport and end his mission in #Crimea

James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 32s
View of militia from inside coffee shop where UN envoy Robert Serry is blockaded inside
pic.twitter.com/ojbAruMzyW

Sounds like the Russians have something to hide.

reply to post by khimbar


Cheers for this

dbo24
Sounds like the Russians have something to hide.

I've been thinking that for a while now.

17:19: Robert Serry had been sent to the Black Sea peninsula - which has come under de facto Russian control - to "take stock of the situation", UN Deputy Secretary General Jan Eliasson tells journalists in Kiev.

BBC reporters marched off at gunpoint?

Western media being biased here me thinks!


Reporters seem to be getting cocky and walking round no mans land. Just because no shots have been fired dosnt mean its not a battlefield!

And they have the nerve to complain when Russia troops pick them up and escort them off the area? Really? To me the Russian troops did the right thing! If something had happened and it had turned into a hot zone the reporters could very well have ended up caught in the crossfire and killed I think the Russians did a very responsible thing there.

khimbar

deviant300
reply to post by Seek_Truth

 

I think he needs to get to a safer place because he could be a danger. Out of Crimea I suppose?

Funny you should say that.


James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 32s
Robert Serry has now agreed to go straight to the airport and end his mission in #Crimea

James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 32s
View of militia from inside coffee shop where UN envoy Robert Serry is blockaded inside
pic.twitter.com/ojbAruMzyW

That was a mistake Russians should havemade sure the UN envoy was ok now hes going to go back reporting Crimea is out of control.and in control of angry mobs.

BBC QUOTE - Olga Ivshina, a BBC Russian Service reporter :

"Snickers?" asks a soldier. "You shouldn't eat that American food. Bad for your health."

"You can have it if you want," I say.

"No, no. We don't eat American food," says the soldier with the grenade-launcher, smiling contentedly.

We carry on emptying the rucksack - and reach the first aid kit.

"American kit!" says the man with the grenade-launcher. Instantly the soldiers raise their rifles again.

"Judging by your physique, you are both British spies!" says another soldier rapidly.

"Is that a compliment or a rebuke?" I ask. Tense silence.

What is this crap....a 1950's cold war spy novel were everybody wears trenchcoats and trilbys...

dragonridr

khimbar

deviant300
reply to post by Seek_Truth

 

I think he needs to get to a safer place because he could be a danger. Out of Crimea I suppose?

Funny you should say that.


James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 32s
Robert Serry has now agreed to go straight to the airport and end his mission in #Crimea

James Mates ‏@jamesmatesitv 32s
View of militia from inside coffee shop where UN envoy Robert Serry is blockaded inside
pic.twitter.com/ojbAruMzyW

That was a mistake Russians should havemade sure the UN envoy was ok now hes going to go back reporting Crimea is out of control.and in control of angry mobs.

Agreed.

Now Al Jazeera is reporting he was *forced* into a car.

dragonridr

That was a mistake Russians should have made sure the UN envoy was ok now hes going to go back reporting Crimea is out of control.and in control of angry mobs.

Unless that's exactly what he was sent there to achieve, in which case for one side it was a massive success.

andy1972
BBC QUOTE - Olga Ivshina, a BBC Russian Service reporter :

"Snickers?" asks a soldier. "You shouldn't eat that American food. Bad for your health."

"You can have it if you want," I say.

"No, no. We don't eat American food," says the soldier with the grenade-launcher, smiling contentedly.

We carry on emptying the rucksack - and reach the first aid kit.

"American kit!" says the man with the grenade-launcher. Instantly the soldiers raise their rifles again.

"Judging by your physique, you are both British spies!" says another soldier rapidly.

"Is that a compliment or a rebuke?" I ask. Tense silence.

What is this crap....a 1950's cold war spy novel were everybody wears trenchcoats and trilbys...

I know anyone would think they were interrogated and tortured for hours on end

They should have thanked the Russian troops as the reporters may have got saved from a Darwin award.

From all the reports coming in... it seems that things are starting to unravel pretty quickly. I have a feeling a knee jerk reaction is going to happen soon.

-JT

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Im sure if you look hard enough you'll find this crap in a James Bond movie from the 60's or 70's...

"Dont eat American food it's bad for you"......especially snickers...those peanuts really do get stuck in your teeth.