Simon Ostrovsky Returns To Eastern Ukraine: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 40)
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Earlier this month, a number of pro-Russia checkpoints around the Donetsk region were taken by Ukrainian forces, in an attempt to encircle the city of Sloviansk, a stronghold for the pro-Russia insurgents. Here, VICE News reporter Simon Ostrovsky embeds at one of the checkpoints with the Ukrainian National Guard, a volunteer militia made up of people who were protesting at the Kiev Maidan just a few short, but eventful, months ago. Simon spent the night in the dark basement of a police station with some of the men, as heavy fire and fighting rumbled above them.
Ukraine's presidential elections are scheduled for Sunday, but with this volatile situation in the east of the country, it's starting to look a lot more like a war.
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I think we should all also credit his equally big-balls camera man
I agree
But the reporter is gay and trash at the same time
@@juicedfetus7649 lol how so
@@juicedfetus7649 Why do there have to be homophobes everywhere, why.
@@juicedfetus7649 Damn bro that's crazy. But whomst asked
"Dont worry, everything will be ok, the A-Team is here"
The better A team
Aids Team
The A TEAM consists of
The brains
The burley
The mechanic
The pacifier
ADIDAS Team
when VICE was actually still a bit of amazing..
These kind of docummentaries were the best what this channel had to offer!
And look how low they done fell now.
Ano they are reporters, they signed up for this we didnt
I know you from CrotaGaming!
@@Oridux ^^
Still better than twitch тн0тs making videos half naked
It's incredible that there are almost no comments since the escalation of the conflict. Are there really so few people interested in learning how everything went down?
sadly yes. if you werent interested in this war 9 years ago, you arent now.
I am here because i am very interested in how all this started. This whole series is giving me great understanding of what went down and helps to see both sides. Right now you will only see Pro Ukrainian side of things
speak for urself, its interesting tubby@@rocketbunnyum8519
@@amandawood46 there no such thing as pro Ukrainian. There’s only anti genocide or Pro Putin. Stand for something or fall for anything. Watch the Frontline documentary “20 days in Mariupol” that was made 2 years ago and see what Pro Putin results in.
Yes, Simon is back! I love the way he incorporates so many interviews and real people, who actually have to live though it all, into Russian Roulette. You really feel so much closer to the live action happening.
We need to destroy hal 9000 I get bad vibes from him lol
Joseph Stalin
I'm sorry, litte man, I'm afraid I can't let that happen.
HAL 9000 HAL, can you sing me that song you learnt? i want to hear it....*sneaks off to unplug your memory*
Simon, you've earned a ''balls of iron'' medal.
BALLS OF STEEL!
niffirg1113 More like Balls of Titanium.
Peter Tutykhin in Russia it's balls of putin medal lml
Stalinium*
He earned a lot of us dollars
''Don't worry, the A-team is here''
I laughed too hard
The Ukranian Military is so much more open, friendly,professional than the separatists.
Shephard, you can tell the good side from the bad side by how they treat people
@@translatedfatwas4218 excatly .
Because they have nothing to hide
Ukraine does have Nazi's fighting for them, and Novorossoya has Russian military personnel "secretly" fighting for them. They both certaintly have demons.
They know they will be viewed favourably. Likewise, the Russians in Eastern Ukraine knew they would overwhelmingly be viewed unfavourably in the western press. There were plenty of independent journalists, including a number from America and Western Europe, who covered the conflict in the so called DPR throughout the course of the war who were never threatened, detained, spied on or mistreated by pro-Russian militias. I'm not defending the mistreatment of journalists, but the idea that Ukraine is some sort of innocent lamb in this regard is asinine. In the early days of the conflict having any sympathies toward Russia whatsoever, and in some cases simply speaking Russian was frequently an offence punishable by torture and/or death. Send a pro-Russian journalist from Moscow to try and cover the Azov battalion and see how politely they're treated.
Simon travels around everywhere covering this shitstorm, eventually getting captured and released. Then after a while he comes back right when shit is really hitting the fan.
Man's got balls.
he is fucken lucky and brave.
he was captured by pro-Russian thugs, now he is with Ukrainian forces, he's fine. but I don't argue, that he is very brave indeed
TheVitalX Correct me if i am wrong. you mean Simon took sides, heee.
TheVitalX Simon was captured you moron, why don't you watch him describe it? He was beaten and interrogated.
Sgt. Snifflez by wmome the russians or the ukraine. and don't call me a moron.
What a brave dude!
а чего ему боятся ? если его американское правительство, спонсирует этих террористов, которые называют себя армией ?
Dino Zaver
Well, at least these "terrorists" doesn't kidnap journalists like the pro Russian did to him.
VICE has been very balance in their reporting. If Simon is bias, he wouldn't include the old man's rant. Clearly the majority of the Russians in Ukraine prefer to be with Russia instead and that's the reality.
Kaze Araki twitter.com/hashtag/SaveOurGuys
Kaze Araki как ты думаешь, почему Саймон показал старого, пьяного мужика, а не тех остальных людей ?
Dino Zaver так он и в Славянске общался с "мирными жителями", и даже настоящего россиянина нашел там и показал всему миру (сделал то, чего не смогла СБУ). не суди о деятельности журналиста по одному видео.
7:43 I hope this guy survived, he seems like a very nice guy!
You mean that guy Viktor? Was wondering the same..
1:52 Prophetic. I wonder of the old man is still alive.
Simon is back!!! I did appreciate the other journalist filling in but Simon's ability to really get out information because he knows the language is so invaluable here. Great reporting once again, keep up the good work and most importantly, stay safe!
At last, Simon's back with his trade-of-the-mark full immersion including chit-chat with the locals, gunfire and coffee in the basement. I started out having mixed feelings about his reproting, but by now I'm absolutely in love with the series.
Did you see the one when he got roughed up
Mixed feelings you said...? If you are Nazi lover you shouldn't have any mixed feelings , because he ( Simon ) is the one ...how to explain his cheap one sided reporting...? Not a single word about how Ukraine army shelling their own citizens for 8 years straight, 13000 dead people, 300 kids, since 2014 forbidden Russian language ( in the country where 20% of citizens are Russians and 100% of citizens speaking Russian language....He is calling them " Pro Russian separatists " wich is simply not true... They are Russians who are Ukraine citizens and they don't want to live in country wich is celebrating Stephan Bandera, heaving Nazis ( Svoboda party ) in Ukraine parliament , where the Azov battalion ( pure Nazis ) became a part of Ukraine army ( They are since 2017 part of the national guard ) and in country wich punishing them for that what they are...He knows all these facts and deliberately presents the people from DNR like children eating primitive monsters ... This dude is lying , Nazi promoting piece of crap ...! Take this to the bank my man...!
@@poluke What the timeline got with the facts to do...???
@@poluke I,m Born 'n raised in San Diego C.A..... Educate yourself you punk ( written above 👆)... Before writing such a crap.....
@@poluke The Ukrainian channel Operator Starsky is very good.
Great coverage Simon - great to see you back. I hope Ukraine pulls through this
Simon you have made every dispatch interesting to watch! Thank you for your reports
If Russia thinks it owns Crimea by virtue of history, doesn't Germany have an equal claim to Kaliningrad, 1255 - 1945?
Crimea was not given to Ukrainians as a payment for a war of aggression towards them, like Königsberg was, it was just written off by Soviets. Incorrect comparison.
Dmitrij Bugajev
Please continue... and against Crimea russia got the territories which are equal to Crimea peninsula. Would you mind to return the Taganrog city back to Ukaine?
kaliningrad was given the option to scecede during the collapse of the soviet union... it didn't becasue it has a russian majority...crimea on the other hand has a russian majority and voted to leave the nazi controlled ukraine that killes russians that don't want to be part of the failed state...Ukraine is as good as dead...
Hmmm and these Russian majorities came about how? Oh yeh, you killed or deported all the original inhabitants. Classic Russia, conquest by genocide, just like all those Siberian natives that don't exist anymore.
The Truth So what you are saying is that all the russians an americans today are responsible for genociedes commited years ago...fuck you...the people that are living in that land have the right to the land and thats my honest opinion!
Simon has some huge balls man. Takes a lot of guts to go back into a country where you were taken hostage. Brave reporter
And threatened with death (gun to head) and beaten up every night.
1:06 "Come hear the truth from a Russian man"
Yes, Russian man in Ukraine....tell us the truth
Most people who lived in Eastern Ukraine were ethnically Russian, dr. Death.
@@sergeibelozorov4428 No. I am from Eastern Ukraine. 90% of people here speak Russian because of Russification. But they are still Ukrainians.
@@sergeibelozorov4428 And the biggest part of them do not want to be part of Russia
@@pontius_official Western Ukraine was polified and eastern Ukraine was russified, Ukraine was never an independent country basically. Even if people in the east speak Ukrainian they can't understand people in the west who speak ukrainian with a polish dialect. but to say that most of them dont want to be part of russia when so many of them volunteered to fight a war to join russia is kind of silly to me, clearly a very large proportion of them didn't feel connected to Ukraine.
@@sergeibelozorov4428 Maybe Russians should go home to Russia and not live in other people's countries.
7:32 - Viktor, thank you for protecting Ukraine. God bless you!
Simon needs multiple awards for his coverage in Ukraine, a true journalist, balls of steel I'm telling you. You can tell he enjoys what he does.
Welcome back Simon.
This guy has mad balls. Respect. You don't see this nowadays in media
So glad Simon is back, he makes the best reports on vice :)
I may not have always approved of Simons viewpoint in this whole Ukraine, Russia business but the man has some serious balls - to say that most people would not have dared return is an understatement.
Respect!
able to respect a person whose beliefs differ from yours? a rare breed these days. i salute you, fellow human.
Саймон - отличный пример - каким должен быть журналист.
Ага. Своих суждений не озвучивает. Только показывает факты. Причем старается не сам говорить, а передавать слова тех кто реально там участвует.
Paketik Chaya не без этого. Но нельзя требовать от всех, чтобы они разделяли вашу точку зрения.
Ну точку зрения ДНР он уже высказал. Его взяли в плен. избивали вместе с другими пленниками.лайньюзы и параша тудей даже не писали о нем и других. А как только арестовали их "жырнолюг" то сразу спасите нашиех геев
Andrej House Чего ты несёшь шмурдяк . Его освободили по просьбе союза журналистов России . Если не знаешь , то хоть погугли для разнообразия , чепушило .
В россии союз журналистов? Там есть только союз пропагандистов и пособников террористов. Ответ саймона был очевидным - Lifenews, stop faking news. Deal? Simon Ostrovsky
0:48 oh yeah now I can swear that there are totally normal bushes that emit smoke as hell!!😂😂😂
Can we get another Vice news in Ukraine in 2022!? @VICE News
Welcome back Simon!
WooHoo!
Hello Little pony ;D *****
Nice to meet you again!
How's life ?
***** that dude is a murder!
LMG Light-Machine-Gun
Did the people he kill deserve anything else?
H Vølle anything else that is not done by dirty commies.
LMG Light-Machine-Gun
You mean Baptista henchmen?
People say they don't want to move to Russia because of family or they don't have the money, but if they REALLY wanted to with all their heart be with Russia, so much that they would kill and riot for it, they should be able to find a way to move to Russia.
Why they should leave they land to move to Russia? Its they land and they decide what country would be on it. If need they defend they right for self-determination with arms.
Those armed thugs that have come with arms to Donbass from West Ukraine would leave back home or die.
Дима Карпович
Slava Ukraini!
Дима Карпович чувак научись писать по английски, а то ерунда какая-то получилась....
***** except they aren't.
Оксана Па I could understand what he was saying.
Simon has the biggest balls on the planet. Thank you so much.
My God...now here people is a real news reporter! Most trustworthy reporting from anyone in the world on Ukraine
It's good that Simon's state department de-brief didn't take long. Back to work. Go earn that pension.
pension!! if he keeps on getting lucky.
Xolisa Luvuyo Putini
You receive your pension when you complete your final tour not only when you reach ''pension age''. He's earned it so far. Just read the comments to see how effectual it has been.
Crouchy232323 Allright it's allright, it's just that i would not have the gutts to do what he does, man. I envy that lucky son of a gun.
Xolisa Luvuyo Putini
Must be getting well compensated for his efforts.
Crouchy232323 They usually don't make THAT much, for where they are. They mostly do it to tell others stories.
Welcome back. Good to see some quality reporting after those previous dispatches. You have set the bar high. That other guy was clearly struggling, but that may be just the lack of experience. He might get there eventually one day.
Anyway Simon's back just in time for the big event. Hope there will be a lot of coverage from different parts of Ukraine by Vice. Presidential election is like a season finale. Im sure next few dispatches will be like nothing we have seen so far. Be safe everyone!
Simon keep up the good work, your videos are right on point! Thanks for the Return!
After all of what happened to you,,,, you're back. ....RESPECT!!!!!
Great thing to see Simon back.
Great report once again.
Simon does an excellent job covering this huge story. The guy has guts! And he's extremely professional, and seemingly, relatively, unbiased. not only does he get back to work, but jumps right into the fire... Compelling work Simon!
Great to see Simon back. Respect!
He complains about milking and praises Russia, yet Moscow takes a vary large tax cut pretty much from everything. The Irony, poor people.
Good to have Simon back! Great dispatch.
Bless those guys!
welcome back simon....grt to see you..
Congrats foi your courage and for staying calm.
Great to see Simon back in Ukraine!
Loving this series! Would be nice though if Simon gave us an idea of what days the reports spans. Its hard to know unless you are following the crisis closely; some indicators as he mentioned elections, etc.
we need simon back
we need season 2 of russian roulette
exactly.
I'm here in 2022 coz I'm tired of being lied to by the globalist cabal.
Simon has done few interviws here and there. But i doubt he qoukd go back to that s hitshow.
People like Simon are the reason why we are well informed, mad propps to you man. Keep up the good work and thank you.
Glad to see Simon back.
This guy is the best
Great to see simon is back ! :)
Simon, you're doing a great job! Greetings from Germany :)
Another outstanding dispatch! Thank you VICE news (crew & staff) for bringing us the real news from the ground. I enjoyed the dispatches in his absence as well, but it is good to see Simon O back on the front lines of the Russian invasion...please be safe. Looks like a good group of brave national soldiers keeping an eye on him, but seems to be getting more dangerous by the day...looking forward to the next update.
Good to see you alive and kicking, simon!
6:10 What a shot.
We was all watching this 7 years ago. Fast forward to 2022.
Gotta love Ostrovsky.
Now this is a reporter - thank you Simon. Welcome back ;)
Wow the dog footage on 1:55 that's a genious montage.
Great to have you back Simon
Yay Simon is back! What a badass...
He's back ! :D
Yeaaaa you're back! Awesome!
the courage of some of these people is staggering
Glad to see you're back. Hope the locals don't start recognizing you though.
"Peaceful maidan protester"
I hate when they keeps saying that! They were violent as can be
Not this violent, not even close.
Connor Evans 17 dead LEOs and 140+ with gunshot wounds with more than 1000+ with different woudns during Maidan events are not so peacefull.
Read the parlaiment report.
You are liar.
Дима Карпович
Protesters
Died: 104
Injured: 1,850-1,900
14 soldiers died just yesterday and how many more have been injured in Eastern Ukraine since the beginning of the Crimea annexation... this part of the conflict is just starting and the numbers are much greater. I'm not taking sides, this situation is incredibly grey with atrocities and crimes by both sides, but the Kiev protests seem to have been quite peaceful compared to what looks like a brewing civil war.
All props in the world to Simon for getting right back into this.
Welcome back Simon!!! Good to have you back on the case. Stay safe, stay strong, and keep on.
Even though this is being from 2014, still it is very informational.
yea but i think it stopped after the 2014? yea but this time russia made a full scale invasion this time they tried to take the whole country lol
@@Noname__shutup
Never I said it they did not. But Vices news did to gived there coverage and it still is being informative. It does to show it how does that backed shooter Adolf Putin does work! 👍 🇺🇦👍 // 👎🇷🇺🖕🏻
@@jacobsparry8525 ahh got u bro
this is just insane i love it i hope usa joins in helping ukarine if russsia invades in i am glad your back simon you are the braveist person i seen you got captured in even after being captured you go back out there alot of people would get scared the first day
***** first off where curently not with russia because they invaded crimea in second its against international law to invade a country in its against human rights internataion law so we would go to war with them
yea.. if the USA joins then china will join, and that's what you call WW3 I hope that does not happen. I do not love it lol, I think this is sick. its sad that us people cant end a problem without war. it will get worse before it gets better I think which is unfortunate. if you love it so much buy a ticket to Ukraine and help them liberate themselves why don't you?
Aaron Davis no worries my friend china is'nt able to join you see if china did join they would be doing the same as russia in china doesnt want ww3 so they would stay out of it but if usa where to invade russia just to take over that is a new story then china would join yes china still can join russia but it's highly unlikely if anything china would just supply russia nt actuelly join the fight it would still but ww3 because ukraine in usa would work togather in russia would be alone no country is going to give up there peace to help russia like that
Something tells me the U.S. would side with Russia in a war situation. Because......... Russia has nukes and Ukraine doesn't.
***** No clue. It's probably best if U.S. stays out of Ukraine for now anyway.
Finally hes back !!!! Damn ive been waiting !
finally, welcome back!!
Time for an update to this series. Things are heating up in Donetsk again
Good that you're back on the horse Simon, but please be careful, VICE can't afford to lose you.
Good to see Simon back!
Yaay! I was so hoping Simon would be back! I really like him
good to see you Simon i thought we lost ya for a second there
Omg, I wasnt sure he'll be back after being arrested once. I know i wouldnt dare to. Be careful out there Simon, I will pray for your safety.
The Legend's finally back!🔥🏅
FINALLY! Simon's back!
This conflict has been going on forever
Who is watching to understand what's happening rn??
I already new just coming back to watch Russian roulette
glad to see u back simon
Glad that you comback to Ukrain. You are courage man, Simon! Take care and show the world what's happening in there.
Hell yeah, Simon's back!
The British guy was alright too, but Simon just gives zero fucks about danger.
Welcome back Simon！ My english isn't good, But I can understand you
Wow, Im glad you are back Simon. Amazing work man, not many people do as much as you to provide truth to audience.
Welcome back Simon!!
This is 7 years ago look where we are now. I really wonder why it didnt escalate earlier
I’ve been binge watching this series
Gave me a bit of a fright at the end when he got the fly hahaha good to see you back, great job !
What the??? Where is he now why isn’t he covering the newest stuff?
how do you tell when there were filmed?
That pick on your video clip Square really cool
Simon is the man when it comes to having the balls to try and report from opposite front lines. On behalf of all of us who benefit from your reporting on the front lines, thank you for sacrificing your life to get the truth out🙏
На 7-ой минуте американский журналист спрашивает правосека, зачем ты вышел на майдан?
Вы не поверите что тот ответил - защищать людей.
Это , что отморожены мозги или верх цинизма? Человек это говорит после всего, что случилось на майдане в Одессе, в Мариуполе, Славянске - он видите ли защищает людей.
В меня сложилось ощущение, что он сам не знает зачем на майдан пошел.
Защищать людей - это первое что взбрело в его не очень умную голову.
А теперь ему наше СМИ рассказало что на юго-востоке террористы. И он, даже не пробуя думать, тоже пошел защищать людей, не осознавая того факта что сам же является оккупантом и агрессором.
Короче, с такими людьми наша страна всегда будет в гамне.
В Одессе, Мариуполе и Славянске не было майданов. Были ебанутые, которые хотели поделить страну. Know the difference, pidorashka.
Pear Cake Митинги за федерализацию были во всех восточных областях.
***** Даже лень твою убогую простыню читать. Провел тебе по губам члинусом.
Belgorf даун,яке тобі діло до України?,іди молись на путлєра
Welcome back Simon!
Thank you vice, more like this plz 😊
Slava Ukraina!! It is so great to have you back again Simon. The separatist fascists need to be shown how they really are to the world. Russia has nothing to be proud of for the WWII. They started it together with Germany.
your silly
Another Kiev Bandera Bandit.
RasenganXSpirit They actually have started it together with Germany in 1939 dividing the Poland according to Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. It's a historical fact. All together they annexed part of southeastern (Karelia) and Salla region in Finland after the Winter War and Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bessarabia, Northern Bukovina and the Hertza region.
Omg vice has clearly succeeded in confusing a lot of people about the orientation of the some of the figureheads in this conflict, painting fascist dogs with the brush of formerly peaceful demonstrator allowing for the same anti russian anti government jargon we know and love.
Plagley Not really? We are not fascists. You don't know what fascism is. The soap seller / the "people's mayor" of Slovojansk is a fan of Breivik. They are anti-Semitic, and Ukrainians fight for democracy and European values against Asian totalitarianism and authoritarianism.
It's funny a lot of the separatists in Eastern Ukraine are ex-Soviet Stalin-loving people. They actually want to return to the old days of the Soviet Union.
From a historical example, it's interesting to see how the days of the USSR are not as dead as the West may have thought. Perhaps the Soviet Bear is awakening once again after a long slumber. And as for the 180,000 people who have watched this video, you are in that panoptic minority who want to seek the raw truth in an unbiased form, away from nationalism, loaded language, and any other cultural biases. Good job everyone. You are the educated elite of internet users.
The soviet glorification is only alive in that part of Ukraine and a few parts of Russia, most have moved on and aren't looking back.
Remember, that's the poorest or one of the poorest parts of Europe, they are still in the 1940s or earlier.
In eastern Germany also many older people want the socialism back, as there is more worklessness, now, and they say, life in socialism was simpler. But they will die out one day. The young don't know any other than the federation, don't want any other, enjoy free travel in the eu, even while doing less, than the ones from the "old states" (west Germany, when east Germany was a socialistic Republic, and with the Soviets), as they are more poor, than the westerners. So here will not be any revolution. The closest thing to such was probably happening in the always capitalistic, and richest state of the German federation, Bavaria. The one of sixteen states, everyone thinks, all Germany is like, while it makes sense, that Americans, or Australians I meet are surprised, I have to tell them the only mountain around my hometown, Berlin, the capital, is made by rubbish, cause it's located in the north German flatlands, and also, that Germany got a connection to the Atlantic (we call it northern sea), and to the Baltic sea (we call it eastern sea), as Bavaria is located between the German high lands, and the alps. - Different architecture, different culture, different mentality, and speaking a dialect no-one here understands. (But as everyone learns high German in school, we can gladly still communicate, cause when talking to us, they change to a high German with Bavarian accent. But seriously. When I watch two Bavarians talk to each other, I don't understand a damn word. 😂). Anyways. They believe they can run their land by themselves, and just pay the rest of Germany, while being the richest state. People wanted to keep it all for themselves, and split off. They started a movement, and even voted. Just 15% voted for splitting off the federation, so topic closed. It stays in.
The east Germans just talk about the good old days in socialism.
But they don't really try to split off.
Also here in north Germany we got west Slavs. A Slavic language is even an official second language of one of our states. But just old people keep talking it. All young speak German. The language dies out. The history never. But they see themselves as Germans, and not, for example, as Poland's, or so.
And the Danes in north Germany can just walk over the border, as both countries are eu. So they also won't revolt.
I guess any part of Germany would just split off for real, if the Russians would come over, and anex it. But I doubt they would do such. We got good ties to them, and a private pipeline for gas, and oil.
We even got own oil fields, but just two oil stations working, as the oil fields are located in natural resavatoirs, or how its called. So we rather protect the nature, and take the oil from our buddy russia. I guess as long we pay them good, they send good.
But if they cut it, we at least got own oilfields left, in reserve, we just have to risk a bit of nature for.
Maybe if a new chancellor wanted more independence, opened those oil fields, and told Russia we won't buy any more, they would claim, and anex the state in which those oilfields are located, and we had a split of. Joke. Don't believe such would happen. :D