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Men, and was intimidated, possibly even abducted and taken to a cafe. okay at this time. but i want to go directly live to anna coren reporting for us. do you know the specifics of what transpired and if mr. serry is okay right now? >> reporter: ashleigh, it's pretty fluid situation. we're just getting bits and pieces of information, trying to put it together. we do understand that this is taking place as we speak. that robert serry, the special u.n. envoy to ukraine, is being held against his will in a cafe. he is there with an itn journalist, one of our affiliates, a british network. so curr...

We understand that mr. serry, who is from the netherlands, had been speaking to a naval commander a little bit earlier. the u.n. has come out and said that he has not been kidnapped, but certainly according to these tweets from this itn journalist with mr. serry, they are being held against their will in a cafe, not very far from where we are. ashleigh. >> well, i don't know what the definition of kidnapping is over there, but i will tell you, the definition under u.s. law of kidnapping is being blocked from moving. in fact, o.j. simpson was convicted of something similar in a hotel room. so i...

But i think it is also very important that on the international level, you mentioned the discussions which have started now in earnest, i hope between the united states, russia and others that there is a collaborative international effort which the united nations can also be part to actually ensure that we can address the situation on the ground. you know, ukraine threattons to be pulled apart in the rhetoric in only increasing rather than decreasing. >> robert serry, the special united nations envoy to ukraine. he was in a very tense situation in crimea today, but he's now out. he's in istanb...

Department secretary general, jan eliason, telling cnn this was possibly an effort to kidnap mr. serry, direct envoy, representative to ban ki-moon, sent to continue watching the developments there. so very distressing to hear. apparently 15 -- somewhere between 10 and 15 armed men who took him to a car, held him at gunpoint, prevented him from leaving. apparently he was taken to a cafe and then left unharmed. so whether this was -- and this is courtesy, by the way of richard roth, giving us this information via the deputy secretary general, who is in kiev right now. again, robert serry, u.n. ...

56% disapprove. and republicans charge part of that is the president misreading putin's ambitions. >> for us to think they weren't going to try to interfere with the territorial integrity of ukraine, frankly, i think denies history and also i think was a naive view of this. >> there was more tension today in ukraine. protesters waving russian flags and chanting russia, russia, storming a government building and flying a russian flag from its roof. just hours after the new ukrainian government had flown its flag there for the first time since saturday. meanwhile, a united nations envoy to crime...