Ukrainian officials directed "to urgently fly to Crimea" by the prime minister on Tuesday were barred from entering the Crimea region, prompting the government in Kiev to call an emergency National Security and Defense Council meeting.
Ukrainian Social Policy Minister Liudmyla Denisova told reporters Wednesday that First Deputy Prime Minister Vitaliy Yarema and acting Defense Minister Ihor Teniukh were prevented from entering Crimea "so an emergency meeting of the National Security and Defense Council will now be held, and they will be resolving these issues."