“United Nations officials said today that, U.N. envoy and secretary-general representative Robert Serry, who arrived in Crimea hours ago, has been threatened by armed gunmen but was not kidnapped, despite earlier reports that he was. According to ITV reporter James Mates, who posted a photo showing Robert Serry on Twitter moments ago, the envoy is safe but was holed up in a coffee shop waiting for the threat to pass and is now being driven away.”*

An envoy from the U.N. got more than a cold welcome from Pro-Russian troops in Crimea- gunmen reportedly surrounded the negotiator and nearly kidnapped him. What is their frightening response? Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

*Read more from The Wire:http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/03…