Russian Roulette
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 105)
In the latest dispatch, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky follows the OSCE as it monitors Shyrokyne, assessing the state of the ceasefire between pro-Russia and Ukrainian forces.
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 104)
In the latest dispatch, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky travels to Donetsk to witness the failure of the Easter ceasefire.
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Food Crisis in Eastern Ukraine: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 103)
Deliveries of food bound for separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine aren’t making it past Ukrainian checkpoints. VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky travels to the front lines in the Donbas to gauge the seriousness of the growing food crisis.
Should the US Send Lethal Aid to Ukraine?
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky visited rebel-held areas and the capital of Kiev to explore whether it would be wise for the US to arm Ukraine's poorly trained military with advanced weaponry.
Secret Protestant Churches in Donetsk: Ukraine's Religious War
In Donetsk, Protestants are being persecuted by Russian Orthodox separatists, forced to conduct their Sunday services in secret. VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky investigates.
Volunteer Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 102)
VICE News traveled to eastern Ukraine to meet volunteer fighters from Spain, Brazil, Serbia, and France, to find out what inspired them to take up arms and risk their lives on front lines with the DNR.
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 101)
VICE News travels to the bomb-ridden remains of Donetsk Airport, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are being ordered to dig out the bodies of their fallen comrades, under the command of pro-Russia separatists.
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 100)
In this dispatch from Ukraine, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky explores the strategic significance of Mariupol to the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 99)
In the latest dispatch from Ukraine, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky embeds with the Azov Battalion as they prepare for the defense of the eastern Ukrainian city of Mariupol
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 98)
In the latest dispatch from Ukraine, VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky attends a beauty pageant for the female fighting contingent of the DNR.
In the Trenches with the DNR: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 97)
In the latest dispatch, VICE News traveled to a rebel-held front line outside the village of Shirokino, 20 miles from Mariupol, to speak with DNR troops about what may lie in store for the city, and to find out whether the ceasefire would hold.