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Video Shows Separatists Arriving at MH17 Crash Scene — One Year Ago Today
The disturbing footage shows pro-Russia fighters who seem to be searching for a pilot who had been flying a Ukrainian jet, but become confused when they encounter the debris of the large civilian aircraft.
Textbooks and Assault Rifles: The Student Soldiers in Rebel-Held Ukraine
VICE News visited the Donbass region of Ukraine to meet the student soldiers trying to combine their studies with fighting on the frontlines for pro-Russia forces.
Logistics Expert for Basque Separatist Group Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison
Ibon Goieaskoetxea Arronategui was accused of illegally renting apartments used to hide weapons and ETA militants.
Food Crisis in Eastern Ukraine: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 103)
Deliveries of food bound for separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine aren’t making it past Ukrainian checkpoints. VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky travels to the front lines in the Donbas to gauge the seriousness of the growing food crisis.
The Ukrainian Government Wants to Stop Pro-Russian Rebels from Trading Bitcoin
At one time, it looked like Ukraine was the perfect place for Bitcoin to thrive.
Putin Parties Down with Pop Singers at Rally Celebrating Anniversary of Crimea Annexation
The carefully stage-managed patriotic display included Putin singing the national anthem as some in the crowd enthusiastically chanted his name.
Volunteer Soldiers Fighting in Ukraine: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 102)
VICE News traveled to eastern Ukraine to meet volunteer fighters from Spain, Brazil, Serbia, and France, to find out what inspired them to take up arms and risk their lives on front lines with the DNR.
Add Quebec’s Separatists to the Groups That Think Bill C-51 Will Target Them
Bill C-51 "challenges citizens' right to dissent and reaches way beyond its mandate, which is to fight against terrorist threat."
Russian Roulette (Dispatch 101)
VICE News travels to the bomb-ridden remains of Donetsk Airport, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are being ordered to dig out the bodies of their fallen comrades, under the command of pro-Russia separatists.
'I Will Go Back as Soon as I Have the Chance': The Spaniards Arrested for Joining Ukraine's Rebels Vow to Keep Fighting
Eight young men now face charges including complicity in murder, the first to be brought in Europe against civilians who have fought in Ukraine.
At Least 30 Feared Dead, Dozens Trapped After Gas Blast at Donetsk Mine
President Petro Poroshenko has requested access to the rebel-held site in the heart of east Ukraine's conflict zone, amid fears the separatists may not have sufficient resources to cope with rescue efforts.
In the Trenches with the DNR: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 97)
In the latest dispatch, VICE News traveled to a rebel-held front line outside the village of Shirokino, 20 miles from Mariupol, to speak with DNR troops about what may lie in store for the city, and to find out whether the ceasefire would hold.