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Russian Roulette: The Invasion of Ukraine

VICE News reporter Simon Ostrovsky follows Russian troops as they continue their occupation of Ukrainian military bases, and learns about unidentified men in masks attacking journalists reporting on the situation in the peninsula.

As Russians stream into Crimea to help wrestle it away from Ukraine, an unlikely group of Serbian war veterans—who have experience fighting in Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo—are turning up at the checkpoints too. VICE News reporter Simon Ostrovsky follows Russian troops as they continue their occupation of Ukrainian military bases, and learns about unidentified men in masks attacking journalists reporting on the situation in the peninsula.

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