World | Simon Ostrovsky 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 Copied 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. Read These Next A startling development after prisoner is spared from execution. Megyn Kelly questions whether Epstein is technically a pedophile. A college coach featured on Netflix was fatally shot in Oakland. Trump: I'm ordering up investigations on Democrats over Epstein. Report an error