American journalist describes kidnapping in Ukraine
- 10 years ago
The American journalist detained by pro-Russian gunmen in eastern Ukraine is free.
The Vice News reporter, Simon Ostrovosky, described his ordeal to the CBC.
SOUNDBITE (English) FREED VICE REPORTER, SIMON OSTROVSKY, SAYING:
"Spent four days in a basement with three or four other guys. They kept bringing in new people from the street - drunks...people who were high, and then activists and people from other parts of Ukraine. Some people would be held for like a day. Some people would be held for longer. There was a local city councilman who was being held down there. I couldn't figure out who the hell these people were except that they were Christian radicals."
Ostrovsky had been reporting on the crisis in Ukraine for several weeks when he was stopped at a checkpoint in Sloviansk and accused of being a "lying journalist."
SOUNDBITE (English) FREED VICE REPORTER, SIMON OSTROVSKY, SAYING:
"They had a photograph of me at a checkpoint that's just down the
The Vice News reporter, Simon Ostrovosky, described his ordeal to the CBC.
SOUNDBITE (English) FREED VICE REPORTER, SIMON OSTROVSKY, SAYING:
"Spent four days in a basement with three or four other guys. They kept bringing in new people from the street - drunks...people who were high, and then activists and people from other parts of Ukraine. Some people would be held for like a day. Some people would be held for longer. There was a local city councilman who was being held down there. I couldn't figure out who the hell these people were except that they were Christian radicals."
Ostrovsky had been reporting on the crisis in Ukraine for several weeks when he was stopped at a checkpoint in Sloviansk and accused of being a "lying journalist."
SOUNDBITE (English) FREED VICE REPORTER, SIMON OSTROVSKY, SAYING:
"They had a photograph of me at a checkpoint that's just down the