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Vice News: Russian Roulette - The Invasion of Ukraine

Season 2 · Episode 10

First Video Evidence of Russians Among Ukrainian Separatists

0.03mApril 27, 2014

Just an hour before he was kidnapped by pro-Russia forces, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky interviewed two Russian Cossacks in Kramatorsk. One of the men showed Simon his Russian passport, which was the first confirmation VICE News has seen of Russians working with the separatists in Eastern Ukraine.

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Episodes

Episode 1Disarming the Right Sector Movement
Episode 2Donetsk Demands a Referendum
Episode 3Donetsk Creates an Independent Government
Episode 4Pro-Russian Protesters Occupy State Security Service Building
Episode 5More Buildings Occupied by Pro-Russian Forces
Episode 6First Evidence of Russian Boots on the Ground
Episode 7Pro-Russian Protesters Attempt to Seize Airfield
Episode 8Ukrainian Military Give Up Their Weapons
Episode 9Simon Ostrovsky Questions "Mayor" of Sloviansk
Episode 10First Video Evidence of Russians Among Ukrainian Separatists
Episode 11Simon Ostrovsky Describes His Kidnapping