Posted on 10/14/2015 4:20:31 PM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
On The Line: Simon Ostrovsky Discusses Russian Diplomatic and Military Maneuvers
Right Sector Blockade: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 111) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhzFbX5BAyU&list=PLw613M86o5o5zqF6WJR8zuC7Uwyv76h7R&index=2
Published on Oct 1, 2015
In September, Crimea's ethnic Muslim minority, the Crimean Tatars, and the radical right-wing organization known as Right Sector set up a blockade on several highways leading into Crimea to stop food and other supplies from entering the Russia-occupied peninsula of Ukraine.
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky traveled to the roadblocks near Crimea and spoke with the organizers to find out why they had taken these controversial measures, which could potentially have humanitarian consequences for residents of Crimea, including the Crimean Tatars themselves.
Watch: The War May Be Over: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 110) - http://bit.ly/1OEn7uV It's been a few months since VICE News has been in eastern Ukraine, and violence in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions has died down — suggesting that the Minsk ceasefire deal is finally sticking.
VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky travels from what was once the front line in Luhansk to surrounding towns that were once under constant bombardment to speak with soldiers, government officials, and residents about their hopes for the future
“The entire Crimean Tartar population were exiled from their homeland by Stalin and were only allowed to come back at the end of the Soviet Union. The return of Russian rule has renewed fears of expulsion.”
I love Ostrovsky’s reports from Ukraine.
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