Simon Ostrovsky Returns To Eastern Ukraine: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 40)

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10 жыл бұрын

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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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@MrBeny
@MrBeny 10 жыл бұрын
I think we should all also credit his equally big-balls camera man
@robsche5130
@robsche5130 4 жыл бұрын
I agree
@juicedfetus7649
@juicedfetus7649 4 жыл бұрын
But the reporter is gay and trash at the same time
@pappapalps9287
@pappapalps9287 3 жыл бұрын
@@juicedfetus7649 lol how so
@tejashdasgupta1840
@tejashdasgupta1840 3 жыл бұрын
@@juicedfetus7649 Why do there have to be homophobes everywhere, why.
@enaytv6275
@enaytv6275 3 жыл бұрын
@@juicedfetus7649 Damn bro that's crazy. But whomst asked
@ITriedLmao
@ITriedLmao 3 жыл бұрын
"Dont worry, everything will be ok, the A-Team is here"
@Pedro1970v5z
@Pedro1970v5z 3 жыл бұрын
The better A team
@teddahmer3338
@teddahmer3338 3 жыл бұрын
Aids Team
@misfit7024
@misfit7024 3 жыл бұрын
The A TEAM consists of The brains The burley The mechanic The pacifier
@kenlv1980
@kenlv1980 2 жыл бұрын
ADIDAS Team
@misterkefir
@misterkefir 7 жыл бұрын
when VICE was actually still a bit of amazing.. These kind of docummentaries were the best what this channel had to offer!
@AkshayMhatre
@AkshayMhatre 4 жыл бұрын
And look how low they done fell now.
@translatedfatwas4218
@translatedfatwas4218 4 жыл бұрын
Ano they are reporters, they signed up for this we didnt
@Oridux
@Oridux 4 жыл бұрын
I know you from CrotaGaming!
@misterkefir
@misterkefir 3 жыл бұрын
@@Oridux ^^
@endroholic7161
@endroholic7161 3 жыл бұрын
Still better than twitch тн0тs making videos half naked
@goxdie000
@goxdie000 Жыл бұрын
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?
@rocketbunnyum8519
@rocketbunnyum8519 7 ай бұрын
sadly yes. if you werent interested in this war 9 years ago, you arent now.
@amandaruelas013
@amandaruelas013 5 ай бұрын
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
@milkdot9971
@milkdot9971 4 ай бұрын
speak for urself, its interesting tubby@@rocketbunnyum8519
@Dovelunalove
@Dovelunalove 3 ай бұрын
@@amandaruelas013 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.
@Ksov919
@Ksov919 2 ай бұрын
​@@DovelunaloveAre we going to ignore what the pro-European Ukrainians did in Odessa then?
@CjqNslXUcM
@CjqNslXUcM 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@johnhimmel4874
@johnhimmel4874 10 жыл бұрын
We need to destroy hal 9000 I get bad vibes from him lol
@CjqNslXUcM
@CjqNslXUcM 10 жыл бұрын
Joseph Stalin I'm sorry, litte man, I'm afraid I can't let that happen.
@thethreeamazingmen
@thethreeamazingmen 10 жыл бұрын
HAL 9000 HAL, can you sing me that song you learnt? i want to hear it....*sneaks off to unplug your memory*
@CruxxBBP
@CruxxBBP 10 жыл бұрын
Simon, you've earned a ''balls of iron'' medal.
@niffirg1113
@niffirg1113 10 жыл бұрын
BALLS OF STEEL!
@Nightstalkercod
@Nightstalkercod 10 жыл бұрын
niffirg1113 More like Balls of Titanium.
@TheIitsztalentzx3
@TheIitsztalentzx3 10 жыл бұрын
Peter Tutykhin in Russia it's balls of putin medal lml
@kimjongun505
@kimjongun505 6 жыл бұрын
Stalinium*
@koro741
@koro741 5 жыл бұрын
He earned a lot of us dollars
@bennshephard8682
@bennshephard8682 9 жыл бұрын
The Ukranian Military is so much more open, friendly,professional than the separatists.
@translatedfatwas4218
@translatedfatwas4218 4 жыл бұрын
Shephard, you can tell the good side from the bad side by how they treat people
@rimantasgreicius7471
@rimantasgreicius7471 4 жыл бұрын
@@translatedfatwas4218 excatly .
@Myrtanias
@Myrtanias 3 жыл бұрын
Because they have nothing to hide
@prophetcitrus9638
@prophetcitrus9638 3 жыл бұрын
Ukraine does have Nazi's fighting for them, and Novorossoya has Russian military personnel "secretly" fighting for them. They both certaintly have demons.
@HaplessHypnagogic
@HaplessHypnagogic 3 жыл бұрын
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.
@vinnieg6161
@vinnieg6161 2 жыл бұрын
''Don't worry, the A-team is here'' I laughed too hard
@TheDethBringer666
@TheDethBringer666 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509 10 жыл бұрын
he is fucken lucky and brave.
@plutoplanetko1320
@plutoplanetko1320 10 жыл бұрын
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
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509 10 жыл бұрын
TheVitalX Correct me if i am wrong. you mean Simon took sides, heee.
@assgoblin-uh9zu
@assgoblin-uh9zu 10 жыл бұрын
TheVitalX Simon was captured you moron, why don't you watch him describe it? He was beaten and interrogated.
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509 10 жыл бұрын
Sgt. Snifflez by wmome the russians or the ukraine. and don't call me a moron.
@tccscott86
@tccscott86 10 жыл бұрын
If Russia thinks it owns Crimea by virtue of history, doesn't Germany have an equal claim to Kaliningrad, 1255 - 1945?
@umartdagnir
@umartdagnir 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@dmitryadamenko6518
@dmitryadamenko6518 10 жыл бұрын
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?
@command_unit7792
@command_unit7792 10 жыл бұрын
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...
@tccscott86
@tccscott86 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@command_unit7792
@command_unit7792 10 жыл бұрын
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!
@jakeparker9261
@jakeparker9261 5 жыл бұрын
7:43 I hope this guy survived, he seems like a very nice guy!
@ScoutYa
@ScoutYa 2 жыл бұрын
You mean that guy Viktor? Was wondering the same..
@Herberberber
@Herberberber 3 жыл бұрын
1:06 "Come hear the truth from a Russian man" Yes, Russian man in Ukraine....tell us the truth
@sergeibelozorov4428
@sergeibelozorov4428 2 жыл бұрын
Most people who lived in Eastern Ukraine were ethnically Russian, dr. Death.
@pontius_official
@pontius_official 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergeibelozorov4428 No. I am from Eastern Ukraine. 90% of people here speak Russian because of Russification. But they are still Ukrainians.
@pontius_official
@pontius_official 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergeibelozorov4428 And the biggest part of them do not want to be part of Russia
@ProgressiveConservative
@ProgressiveConservative 2 жыл бұрын
​@@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.
@chaosXP3RT
@chaosXP3RT 2 жыл бұрын
@@sergeibelozorov4428 Maybe Russians should go home to Russia and not live in other people's countries.
@nappyrichards
@nappyrichards 10 жыл бұрын
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!
@Unbrutal_Rawr
@Unbrutal_Rawr 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@nigelkent4668
@nigelkent4668 2 жыл бұрын
Did you see the one when he got roughed up
@dudedude4034
@dudedude4034 2 жыл бұрын
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...!
@dudedude4034
@dudedude4034 2 жыл бұрын
@@poluke What the timeline got with the facts to do...???
@dudedude4034
@dudedude4034 2 жыл бұрын
@@poluke I,m Born 'n raised in San Diego C.A..... Educate yourself you punk ( written above 👆)... Before writing such a crap.....
@PlanetaryCitizen
@PlanetaryCitizen 2 жыл бұрын
@@poluke The Ukrainian channel Operator Starsky is very good.
@waz00z
@waz00z 10 жыл бұрын
Great coverage Simon - great to see you back. I hope Ukraine pulls through this
@Vamavid
@Vamavid 2 жыл бұрын
1:52 Prophetic. I wonder of the old man is still alive.
@RichardBaran
@RichardBaran 10 жыл бұрын
What a brave dude!
@dinozaver1625
@dinozaver1625 10 жыл бұрын
а чего ему боятся ? если его американское правительство, спонсирует этих террористов, которые называют себя армией ?
@kazearaki853
@kazearaki853 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@dinozaver1625
@dinozaver1625 10 жыл бұрын
Kaze Araki twitter.com/hashtag/SaveOurGuys
@dinozaver1625
@dinozaver1625 10 жыл бұрын
Kaze Araki как ты думаешь, почему Саймон показал старого, пьяного мужика, а не тех остальных людей ?
@mrofinUtortxoF
@mrofinUtortxoF 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@B00nge
@B00nge 10 жыл бұрын
Simon has some huge balls man. Takes a lot of guts to go back into a country where you were taken hostage. Brave reporter
@thinkerly1
@thinkerly1 4 жыл бұрын
And threatened with death (gun to head) and beaten up every night.
@TammyDenseDdank5658
@TammyDenseDdank5658 Жыл бұрын
He complains about milking and praises Russia, yet Moscow takes a vary large tax cut pretty much from everything. The Irony, poor people.
@Fitzehh
@Fitzehh 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@vladxx2
@vladxx2 10 жыл бұрын
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!
@evgenykholodov9924
@evgenykholodov9924 5 жыл бұрын
able to respect a person whose beliefs differ from yours? a rare breed these days. i salute you, fellow human.
@ingaheligakor8560
@ingaheligakor8560 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@50sfan14
@50sfan14 10 жыл бұрын
your silly
@RasenganXSpirit
@RasenganXSpirit 10 жыл бұрын
Another Kiev Bandera Bandit.
@tanyat6467
@tanyat6467 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@RPcropland
@RPcropland 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@ingaheligakor8560
@ingaheligakor8560 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@theavalanche7494
@theavalanche7494 10 жыл бұрын
7:32 - Viktor, thank you for protecting Ukraine. God bless you!
@mansionmist
@mansionmist 10 жыл бұрын
Welcome back Simon.
@skaterdude1998
@skaterdude1998 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@tank_3487
@tank_3487 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@human151
@human151 10 жыл бұрын
Дима Карпович Slava Ukraini!
@user-mu3pd9fi1n
@user-mu3pd9fi1n 10 жыл бұрын
Дима Карпович чувак научись писать по английски, а то ерунда какая-то получилась....
@DAVA653
@DAVA653 10 жыл бұрын
***** except they aren't.
@DAVA653
@DAVA653 10 жыл бұрын
Оксана Па I could understand what he was saying.
@AmanRaj-lp5lz
@AmanRaj-lp5lz 5 жыл бұрын
0:48 oh yeah now I can swear that there are totally normal bushes that emit smoke as hell!!😂😂😂
@MeatVision
@MeatVision 2 жыл бұрын
This guy has mad balls. Respect. You don't see this nowadays in media
@Crouchy232323
@Crouchy232323 10 жыл бұрын
It's good that Simon's state department de-brief didn't take long. Back to work. Go earn that pension.
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509 10 жыл бұрын
pension!! if he keeps on getting lucky.
@Crouchy232323
@Crouchy232323 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509
@siyababhotoroshluvuyo8509 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@Crouchy232323
@Crouchy232323 10 жыл бұрын
Xolisa Luvuyo Putini Must be getting well compensated for his efforts.
@BonesTheCat
@BonesTheCat 10 жыл бұрын
Crouchy232323 They usually don't make THAT much, for where they are. They mostly do it to tell others stories.
@xhousexx
@xhousexx 10 жыл бұрын
Саймон - отличный пример - каким должен быть журналист.
@pavelZhd
@pavelZhd 10 жыл бұрын
Ага. Своих суждений не озвучивает. Только показывает факты. Причем старается не сам говорить, а передавать слова тех кто реально там участвует.
@pavelZhd
@pavelZhd 10 жыл бұрын
Paketik Chaya не без этого. Но нельзя требовать от всех, чтобы они разделяли вашу точку зрения.
@xhousexx
@xhousexx 10 жыл бұрын
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
@user-do7xr1mi8h
@user-do7xr1mi8h 10 жыл бұрын
Andrej House Чего ты несёшь шмурдяк . Его освободили по просьбе союза журналистов России . Если не знаешь , то хоть погугли для разнообразия , чепушило .
@xhousexx
@xhousexx 10 жыл бұрын
В россии союз журналистов? Там есть только союз пропагандистов и пособников террористов. Ответ саймона был очевидным - Lifenews, stop faking news. Deal? Simon Ostrovsky
@FatherOfTheYear1
@FatherOfTheYear1 2 жыл бұрын
Can we get another Vice news in Ukraine in 2022!? @VICE News
@darkeclipse3769
@darkeclipse3769 2 жыл бұрын
"This area belongs to Russia... Because... Because, well we sent off all the native Ukrainians to siberia, sent convicts here for generations and also starved the people of the Region twice in the last hundred years" -Russian Logic. Oh and fascism... (Ignore our black uniforms with red ribbons, also please don't remind us about our media saying Ukraine and Ukrainians shouldn't exist)
@UrMom-jb7vl
@UrMom-jb7vl 2 жыл бұрын
Who sent them to siberia?
@danielw.2554
@danielw.2554 Жыл бұрын
@@UrMom-jb7vl ur mom
@devilhatehumankind66
@devilhatehumankind66 10 жыл бұрын
Welcome back Simon! WooHoo!
@devilhatehumankind66
@devilhatehumankind66 10 жыл бұрын
Hello Little pony ;D ***** Nice to meet you again! How's life ?
@i_nameless_i-jgsdf
@i_nameless_i-jgsdf 10 жыл бұрын
***** that dude is a murder!
@Lyraorganum
@Lyraorganum 9 жыл бұрын
LMG Light-Machine-Gun Did the people he kill deserve anything else?
@i_nameless_i-jgsdf
@i_nameless_i-jgsdf 9 жыл бұрын
H Vølle anything else that is not done by dirty commies.
@Lyraorganum
@Lyraorganum 9 жыл бұрын
LMG Light-Machine-Gun You mean Baptista henchmen?
@simovaikre960
@simovaikre960 10 жыл бұрын
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!
@velocitygaming7037
@velocitygaming7037 2 жыл бұрын
we need simon back we need season 2 of russian roulette
@Yubnub_dunduY
@Yubnub_dunduY 2 жыл бұрын
exactly. I'm here in 2022 coz I'm tired of being lied to by the globalist cabal.
@donquique1
@donquique1 2 жыл бұрын
Simon has done few interviws here and there. But i doubt he qoukd go back to that s hitshow.
@TheMeanConservative
@TheMeanConservative 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@infiltr80r
@infiltr80r 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@LilBigBriggi
@LilBigBriggi 4 жыл бұрын
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
@dom40864
@dom40864 10 жыл бұрын
"Peaceful maidan protester" I hate when they keeps saying that! They were violent as can be
@raptor2285
@raptor2285 10 жыл бұрын
Not this violent, not even close.
@tank_3487
@tank_3487 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@postoron1940
@postoron1940 10 жыл бұрын
You are liar.
@dmo530
@dmo530 10 жыл бұрын
Дима Карпович Protesters Died: 104 Injured: 1,850-1,900
@raptor2285
@raptor2285 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@spo0ons
@spo0ons 10 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you're back. Hope the locals don't start recognizing you though.
@chadmorrissey8633
@chadmorrissey8633 2 жыл бұрын
We was all watching this 7 years ago. Fast forward to 2022.
@SimonDouville1
@SimonDouville1 10 жыл бұрын
Wow the dog footage on 1:55 that's a genious montage.
@dirty_dozen12
@dirty_dozen12 6 ай бұрын
Дед, много тебе дали помощи..?? Тебя обманули во сто крат, жив ли ты ещё??!!
@kbkbvi
@kbkbvi 5 ай бұрын
да он от алкашки отъехал
@JohnSmith-by2fl
@JohnSmith-by2fl 10 жыл бұрын
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!
@letmewatch55
@letmewatch55 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@mTOXiicg
@mTOXiicg 3 жыл бұрын
Time for an update to this series. Things are heating up in Donetsk again
@MykytaPopov
@MykytaPopov 10 жыл бұрын
Simon has the biggest balls on the planet. Thank you so much.
@momoking2223
@momoking2223 10 жыл бұрын
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
@momoking2223
@momoking2223 10 жыл бұрын
***** 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
@AaronDtattoo
@AaronDtattoo 10 жыл бұрын
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?
@momoking2223
@momoking2223 10 жыл бұрын
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
@ghosty1233
@ghosty1233 10 жыл бұрын
Something tells me the U.S. would side with Russia in a war situation. Because......... Russia has nukes and Ukraine doesn't.
@ghosty1233
@ghosty1233 10 жыл бұрын
***** No clue. It's probably best if U.S. stays out of Ukraine for now anyway.
@carpetfarmer
@carpetfarmer 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@andreibelarus2743
@andreibelarus2743 2 жыл бұрын
Who is watching to understand what's happening rn??
@george.1405
@george.1405 2 жыл бұрын
I already new just coming back to watch Russian roulette
@7bcity
@7bcity 2 жыл бұрын
This is 7 years ago look where we are now. I really wonder why it didnt escalate earlier
@dima7b
@dima7b 10 жыл бұрын
Bless those guys!
@rainningstorm
@rainningstorm 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@ALI-ut4en
@ALI-ut4en Жыл бұрын
SLAVA UKRAINE
@AlexBlacktattoo777
@AlexBlacktattoo777 6 ай бұрын
Героям Слава
@ThatGamerGuyNL
@ThatGamerGuyNL 9 жыл бұрын
For the people who hate America then please stop copying or style of culture, please stop buying American products, please stop watching American movies/tv shows, please stop listening to American music, please stop using Google,KZfaq,Facebook,Twitter,Vine,Yahoo,Tumblr,Netflix, Please stop using Windows operating system. Don't buy or use any American products if you hate America ok.
@natyursu
@natyursu 9 жыл бұрын
Yeah bro so many hypocrites in this world
@sk84life311
@sk84life311 9 жыл бұрын
***** They shouldn't use the internet
@NewNationale
@NewNationale 9 жыл бұрын
Aaron Kappel No one really hates China...if you are referring to the "reds" it's not really like that anymore only Russia. Its the same everywhere same fucking slums and riches...well in the major countries lol
@TheSetkon
@TheSetkon 9 жыл бұрын
***** American product? Haven't seen that one in a while. Everything is made in China and Taiwan nowadays... :D
@ROOKTABULA
@ROOKTABULA 9 жыл бұрын
***** You are sofa king ignorant, it's pitiful. You CLEARLY have no clue about what U$A's foreign policy and interventions around the world have done since the 40's. Get an education and quit being the archetypal ignorant, blowhard Murkin.
@TheWulf899
@TheWulf899 10 жыл бұрын
Great to see Simon back in Ukraine!
@Nomiusen
@Nomiusen 10 жыл бұрын
He's back ! :D
@jacobsparry8525
@jacobsparry8525 2 жыл бұрын
Even though this is being from 2014, still it is very informational.
@Noname__shutup
@Noname__shutup 2 жыл бұрын
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
@jacobsparry8525
@jacobsparry8525 2 жыл бұрын
@@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! 👍 🇺🇦👍 // 👎🇷🇺🖕🏻
@Noname__shutup
@Noname__shutup 2 жыл бұрын
@@jacobsparry8525 ahh got u bro
@lethn2929
@lethn2929 10 жыл бұрын
Thanks Vice, you are one of the few groups of news journalists I've seen who aren't just pushing propaganda and are reporting both viewpoints on the war which is really all Ukraine really amounts to, viewpoints and perspectives.
@user-ip9ql4qx3v
@user-ip9ql4qx3v 10 жыл бұрын
Славяне непобедимы! у нас даже алкашня политически грамотнее госдепа
@keleriuss
@keleriuss 10 жыл бұрын
Я полностю согласен. Ета твоя алкашня сначала выбрала партию регионов, а потом януковича, а когда он убежал с милионами им что-то не нравится.
@LoFiContent
@LoFiContent 10 жыл бұрын
шариков тоже был политически грамотным неебацца. взять все и поделить! россия нам поможет! бараны блять. он знает, что в россии водка в три раза дороже?
@fesyzz
@fesyzz 10 жыл бұрын
Олександр Концевич С триллиардами
@urugvaeczhir4521
@urugvaeczhir4521 10 жыл бұрын
Владимир Прихно с триллионами сексильонов... еще, сука, волшебный цветик-семицветик прихватил
@johnassaad492
@johnassaad492 10 жыл бұрын
Now this is a reporter - thank you Simon. Welcome back ;)
@lancewoodrum7455
@lancewoodrum7455 Жыл бұрын
I think that now we see that Russia does not care about you at all . Your factories and homes are destrtoyed totally.
@MorningStarChrist
@MorningStarChrist 2 жыл бұрын
This conflict has been going on forever
@Dreamkillah1
@Dreamkillah1 10 жыл бұрын
Gotta love Ostrovsky.
@Arctorkovich
@Arctorkovich 10 жыл бұрын
Good that you're back on the horse Simon, but please be careful, VICE can't afford to lose you.
@AleksandarErkalovic
@AleksandarErkalovic 10 жыл бұрын
I love the part where National Guard members talk about unity and how all Ukraine is united. Somewhere in the middle of the video you can hear Simon talking about unsafe houses because these people support pro Russians. You live there for hundred of years... well whatever, much longer than Simon and his family in USA, and then someone from America and West Ukraine after 2 weeks of "training" comes to tell you to pack your bags and leave because they love Freedom (TM) and you don't.
@lispylarry7955
@lispylarry7955 2 жыл бұрын
What the??? Where is he now why isn’t he covering the newest stuff?
@ello34
@ello34 10 жыл бұрын
good to see you Simon i thought we lost ya for a second there
@user-el5tf1tv2m
@user-el5tf1tv2m 10 жыл бұрын
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.
@drp_bear
@drp_bear 10 жыл бұрын
В Одессе, Мариуполе и Славянске не было майданов. Были ебанутые, которые хотели поделить страну. Know the difference, pidorashka.
@drp_bear
@drp_bear 10 жыл бұрын
***** Даже лень твою убогую простыню читать. Провел тебе по губам члинусом.
@katenikitina5742
@katenikitina5742 10 жыл бұрын
Belgorf даун,яке тобі діло до України?,іди молись на путлєра
@Naboka88
@Naboka88 10 жыл бұрын
отмороженные мозги у тебя, ты ведь все, что знаешь, тебе рассказали по телевизору. там тебе рассказали, такооое!
@nikolaychilikov6901
@nikolaychilikov6901 5 жыл бұрын
"Свергнуть владу, которая воровала у нас много денег" сейчас то власть у них под контролем, новые не воруют, да.
@DaRealRessonance
@DaRealRessonance 3 жыл бұрын
Can we get this guy back covering Ukraine instead of the Bearded Manchild?
@jozseftoth8731
@jozseftoth8731 11 ай бұрын
The old man told him for good i wonder it did not get cut out lol
@meansartin
@meansartin 10 жыл бұрын
Glad to see Simon back.
@ilnana11
@ilnana11 10 жыл бұрын
This guy is the best
@Wild2Gamers
@Wild2Gamers 10 жыл бұрын
Simon you have made every dispatch interesting to watch! Thank you for your reports
@zltakis9265
@zltakis9265 2 жыл бұрын
This aged well
@OsamaPP
@OsamaPP 10 жыл бұрын
Great thing to see Simon back. Great report once again.
@TheGerogero
@TheGerogero 10 жыл бұрын
Initially, I was unimpressed by this hirsute man with the cleft chin. Now, I think Simon is pretty damn awesome.
@razerone49
@razerone49 5 жыл бұрын
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🙏
@larryarendt1492
@larryarendt1492 7 жыл бұрын
Man, Simon's got Biggest Pair of grapefruits! Thanks for what you & your cameraman did to show us this crisis/war from your point of view, without it, I'd still have no clue how serious, deadly, & tragic this was. . Simon O., Henry, & your Cameramen got more Balls, Guts & Brains than most the worlds current leaders.
@chenmartin3507
@chenmartin3507 10 жыл бұрын
Welcome back Simon! My english isn't good, But I can understand you
@Meph152
@Meph152 3 жыл бұрын
6:10 What a shot.
@annedevil13
@annedevil13 10 жыл бұрын
After all of what happened to you,,,, you're back. ....RESPECT!!!!!
@nicholasystad2351
@nicholasystad2351 10 жыл бұрын
Simon, you are powerfully brave. I am glad that you out of all of Vice's reporters have returned back to Ukraine. I belive in history certain people are meant to be in certain places for people to truly know the story. Like Joseph Galloway in Vietnam, you are in the lines showing more than the politics of it all. Seeing the men you interview, and their emotions, is vital to this story (in my beliefs). Stay safe friend, and continue to show the truth.
@alexanderslessor410
@alexanderslessor410 Жыл бұрын
Funny how they cut as soon as the old guy mentions Bandera
@CeRnobOg18
@CeRnobOg18 10 жыл бұрын
Good to see you alive and kicking, simon!
@daltonmorgan6464
@daltonmorgan6464 10 жыл бұрын
My God...now here people is a real news reporter! Most trustworthy reporting from anyone in the world on Ukraine
@navtium
@navtium 10 жыл бұрын
"Stop treating us like scum!" said the angry half naked man. "B-but, you are scum," stuttered the reporter.
@Alex-mz2nb
@Alex-mz2nb 10 жыл бұрын
Lesson: Revolutions always fuck up the country and it's people. Edit: Especially foreign sponsored revolutions.
@sergtimosh
@sergtimosh 10 жыл бұрын
Of course, the powerful gun help from Kremlin is "a fire brought to gas".
@saamohod
@saamohod 10 жыл бұрын
Got your 15 cent for the comment?
@kharlamovav
@kharlamovav 10 жыл бұрын
Сергій Тимошенко Работать надо, а не скакать. Платить за газ надо, а не воровать. И вообще не валите с больной головы (возможно голов- см. действующих украинских управленцев) на здоровую.
@Eralun
@Eralun 10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, as we know, the American revolution completely fucked up the U.S it's been a third world country since.
@jdub7540
@jdub7540 10 жыл бұрын
When the King is no more, what does that now make the pawns?
@AmericanFreedomEnjoyer
@AmericanFreedomEnjoyer 10 жыл бұрын
Dear Simon, *Please don't die in eastern Ukraine. Thank you.* Sincerely, Everybody back home in the U.S.A.
@kievunited232
@kievunited232 10 жыл бұрын
Glad that you comback to Ukrain. You are courage man, Simon! Take care and show the world what's happening in there.
@fishundra20
@fishundra20 2 жыл бұрын
This certainly aged well..
@Dan123a
@Dan123a Жыл бұрын
The guy who gave interview did not mention how they burned 50 people alive in Odesa
@cskvision
@cskvision Жыл бұрын
Did you forget to mention those 50 anti-Maidan protesters started the violence and fire bombing peaceful pro-Ukrainian protesters (sports fans from Mariupol and Kharkiv) in Odesa?
@Dan123a
@Dan123a Жыл бұрын
@@cskvision those 50 local civilians were not violent. Pro-Ukrainians were the ones who were aggressive. Even when people were trying to jump out from the windows, those fascists were killing them on the ground.
@shertazmahmud8488
@shertazmahmud8488 Жыл бұрын
@@cskvision propaganda has destroyed you bra!n. Sadly there’s no cure for that
@cskvision
@cskvision Жыл бұрын
@@shertazmahmud8488 it’s not propaganda. It was a barbaric pro-Russian atrocity I saw in person.
@keyframex
@keyframex 10 жыл бұрын
Good to have Simon back! Great dispatch.
@MO-fl8vm
@MO-fl8vm Жыл бұрын
I remember first watching this series when it first came out and even then I knew it would get ALOT UGLIER , I binged the whole summer watching 😂
@Slightreturn1127
@Slightreturn1127 10 жыл бұрын
People like Simon are the reason why we are well informed, mad propps to you man. Keep up the good work and thank you.
@rudracer
@rudracer 10 жыл бұрын
Simon, you're doing a great job! Greetings from Germany :)
@laustudie
@laustudie 10 жыл бұрын
So glad Simon is back, he makes the best reports on vice :)
@synaesthetical
@synaesthetical 10 жыл бұрын
All props in the world to Simon for getting right back into this.
@logic603
@logic603 Жыл бұрын
Its been wild watching these now after the 1st year of the Russian invasion.
@buskingkarma2503
@buskingkarma2503 Жыл бұрын
Why is nobody in the media talking about this situation now,I wonder!
@aorusaki
@aorusaki 2 жыл бұрын
GIVE THIS MAN THE BEST AWARDS WE CAN FOR BALLS OF TITANIUM and awesome journalism!!!
@user-uk3yh8xc5z
@user-uk3yh8xc5z 7 ай бұрын
за что ? он русский , он дома)
@gftgft8272
@gftgft8272 3 жыл бұрын
Минуло вже сім років, раіся впєрдє! Де той дід з під магазину?
@urbietorbi2299
@urbietorbi2299 3 жыл бұрын
в землі
@MYKOLA_SS
@MYKOLA_SS 3 жыл бұрын
Крякнул от боярки.
@amc3463
@amc3463 Жыл бұрын
Man had the Ukrainian army has changed to NATO standards 😂😂✈️🇺🇲🇺🇦
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