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March 11th, 2014
07:38 PM ET
Dramatic confrontation at Ukraine checkpoint
VICE reporter Simon Ostrovsky shows dramatic footage of a confrontation with Russian soldiers at a checkpoint in Ukraine and details how he and his cameraman were apprehended, detained, and threatened.
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