DHAKA: Gunmen were preventing a group of 40 military observers from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) from entering Crimea on Thursday for a monitoring mission.

A Western diplomatic source said, reports The Straits Times.

‘They are stuck but they are not turning back. They are not being allowed in by two groups of armed people, very professional, very well-trained,’ the source said.

BDST: 1906 HRS, MAR 06, 2014