Pro-Russia Gunmen Release Captured US Journalist

Simon Ostrovsky safe, free, and 'in good health'

By Evann Gastaldo

Posted Apr 24, 2014 11:59 AM CDT

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Pro-Russia Gunmen Release Captured US Journalist — In this photo taken on Sunday, April 13, 2014, a reporter Simon Ostrovsky, right, stands next to a Pro-Russian gunman at a seized police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Simon Ostrovsky, the American journalist for Vice News captured in Ukraine this week, has been released, Vice confirms. Ostrovsky is safe and "in good health," according to the statement. He spoke to the BBC, according to a series of tweets captured by Poynter, and said he is free and on his way to Donetsk.

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