Invasion
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 77)
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky was in Mariupol before, during, and after the ceasefire.
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 74)
VICE News speaks with the chief coroner of Donetsk's central morgue to hear how he and his staff are struggling to manage the influx of bodies.
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 73)
We visited three cities in eastern Ukraine as the conflict between pro-Russia rebels and the Ukrainian military intensifies.
The Hangover News
This weekend, a pro-incest campaigner was jailed for downloading "Bart Simpson porn".
VICE News Capsule - Friday, August 29
Brazil busts gang destroying Amazon rainforest, Indian PM Modi wants bank accounts for all & more.
Ukraine Announces That the Russian Invasion Has Begun
The next few days will prove “decisive,” a security source in Kiev told VICE News, as Ukraine accused Russia of overt invasion.
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 39)
VICE News meets the Donbass Battalion, an armed pro Ukrainian militia that has quietly been taking matters into their own hands.
Abkhazia Is Yet Another Country That Doesn't Exist
Located to the southeast of Sochi, the Caucasus republic is wedged between southern Russia, Georgia, and the Black Sea.
Ukrainian Troops Confront Eastern Separatists as Russian Troops Mass Along the Border
After two tortured bodies turned up in Sloviansk, Ukrainian officials seemed determined to break the prolonged standoff in eastern Ukraine.
People Actually Gave a Shit About This Year's Kiev Security Forum
It seems that a country with a Russian troop build-up along its border, armed insurrection, and a government-backed anti-terrorism campaign is the perfect backdrop for a security conference. Last week, the 2014 Kiev Security Forum, held in the swanky...
Tatar Nation: The Other Crimea
Crimea's Tatars—who amount to 12 percent of the peninsula's 2.2 million residents—overwhelmingly boycotted the March 16 referendum for Crimea to become part of Russia. VICE News's Simon Ostrovsky spent some time with Tatars in Simferopol to get their...