ITV News' James Mates was with the United Nations special envoy Robert Serry as he agreed to end his mission to Crimea after he refused to go with a group of men who blocked his car and then local militia refused to let him leave a coffee shop.
UN special envoy Robert Serry is at the airport in Crimea and is set to leave Ukraine shortly after being confronted by unidentified group of men in the region and trapped with ITV News' James Mates inside a cafe.
The UN envoy's team believed the visible presence of our camera crew was probably the best protection they could have had from the militia.
ITV News were the only TV journalists with a UN envoy as he was forced to seek refuge in a Crimea cafe after being confronted by armed men.