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April 25, 2014

U.S. Journalist Released by Separatists in Ukraine 
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A U.S. journalist has been released by pro-Russian separatists in
eastern Ukraine. Vice News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky had been held
since Monday. He says he believes he was targeted for his reporting.

Simon Ostrovsky: "They had my photograph at a checkpoint that's just
down the road from here. And so the guy at the checkpoint saw my
picture, saw my face, and then they pulled me out of the car and all
hell broke loose. There was four other journalists with us in the car,
and I think they were released pretty early on. And me, they took to the
SBU [Ukraine's SBU state security service] headquarters, where the
pro-Russian forces have their headquarters right now."

 

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