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05-02-2014, 09:48 PM
BuzzFeed Reporter Kidnapped in Ukraine: 'I Was Pretty Freaked Out'
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Mike Giglio is back where he started
BuzzFeed’s mideast correspondent, who is reporting from embattled cities across eastern Ukraine (http://mashable.com/category/ukraine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), is talking to Mashable on Friday after**on from his hotel in Donetsk — **t in Sloviansk where he intended to be.
The Ukrainian military was set to begin an assault on a pro-Russian stronghold (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/ukraine-helicopter-shot-down/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in Sloviansk, but panicking militants stationed at a checkpoint outside of town had other plans.
See also: For Pro-Russia Militants, Ukraine's Journalists Are Bargaining Chips (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/journalists-ukraine-conflict/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Giglio left his hotel in Donetsk early on Friday after receiving a text from a source saying there was action in Sloviansk. Shortly after departing with driver and translator in tow, Giglio confronted a Ukrainian army checkpoint and was waved through. They then encountered a pro-Russia militant checkpoint, whose militia members asked a few questions before letting them pass. Up next was a third checkpoint, this one a bit closer to the city. That's when they were told to pull over to the side of the road Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/mike-giglio-ukraine-kidnapped/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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Mike Giglio is back where he started
BuzzFeed’s mideast correspondent, who is reporting from embattled cities across eastern Ukraine (http://mashable.com/category/ukraine/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss), is talking to Mashable on Friday after**on from his hotel in Donetsk — **t in Sloviansk where he intended to be.
The Ukrainian military was set to begin an assault on a pro-Russian stronghold (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/ukraine-helicopter-shot-down/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) in Sloviansk, but panicking militants stationed at a checkpoint outside of town had other plans.
See also: For Pro-Russia Militants, Ukraine's Journalists Are Bargaining Chips (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/journalists-ukraine-conflict/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
Giglio left his hotel in Donetsk early on Friday after receiving a text from a source saying there was action in Sloviansk. Shortly after departing with driver and translator in tow, Giglio confronted a Ukrainian army checkpoint and was waved through. They then encountered a pro-Russia militant checkpoint, whose militia members asked a few questions before letting them pass. Up next was a third checkpoint, this one a bit closer to the city. That's when they were told to pull over to the side of the road Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/02/mike-giglio-ukraine-kidnapped/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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