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Reporter Kidnapped in
Ukraine: 'I Was
Pretty Freaked Out'
Mike Giglio is back where he started
BuzzFeed’s mideast correspondent, who is reporting from embattled cities across eastern
Ukraine, 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 in Sloviansk, but panicking militants stationed at a checkpoint outside of town had other plans.
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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
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