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Aftermath of Ambush on Ukrainian Forces: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 75)
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Aftermath of Ambush on Ukrainian Forces: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 75)
  • Published_at:2014-09-06
  • Category:News & Politics
  • Channel:VICE News
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  • description: Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News As pro-Russian separatists opened up a new front along Ukraine’s southern coast, threatening the city of Mariupol, they also surrounded a mixture of regular Ukrainian army and pro-government militias in the town of Ilovaisk. To the southeast of Donetsk, Ilovaisk had been the scene of heavy fighting that eventually tipped in favor of the separatists. With Ukrainian forces having little choice, they surrendered and were assured they could leave the city through a safe “green corridor.” However, the separatists seemed to have reneged on the promise of safe passage, and several Ukrainian columns were caught in devastatingly brutal ambushes, leaving hundreds dead and dozens taken prisoner. VICE News stumbled upon one of the many Ukrainian ambulance convoys sent to retrieve the dead and wounded from an ambush site at Novokaterynivka, finding a scene of absolute horror and panic. Follow @Henry_Langston on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/Henry_Langston Follow @simonostrovsky on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/SimonOstrovsky Check out "Crimea: A Look Inside the New Russian Territory" - http://bit.ly/1mjdFuH Check out all of VICE News' coverage of the conflict in Ukraine here: https://news.vice.com/topic/ukraine Watch all of VICE News' dispatches from Ukraine here: http://bit.ly/1j0tCKk Check out the VICE News beta for more: http://vicenews.com Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vicenews Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: http://vicenews.tumblr.com/ Instagram: http://instagram.com/vicenews
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