SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (Reuters) - A U.N. special envoy was forced to abandon a mission to Ukraine's Russian-occupied Crimea region on Wednesday after being detained and besieged inside a cafe by a hostile crowd shouting "Russia! Russia!"
Dutch diplomat Robert Serry flew to Istanbul after the incident and, according to the United Nations, would head from there back to Kiev. His interpreter, Vadim Kastelli, said Serry was escorted to the airport without being given a chance to pick up his bags from his hotel and placed on the first flight out.
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