World | Simon Ostrovsky Pro-Russia Gunmen Release Captured US Journalist Simon Ostrovsky safe, free, and 'in good health' By Evann Gastaldo Posted Apr 24, 2014 11:59 AM CDT Copied In this photo taken on Sunday, April 13, 2014, a reporter Simon Ostrovsky, right, stands next to a Pro-Russian gunman at a seized police station in the eastern Ukraine town of Slovyansk. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Simon Ostrovsky, the American journalist for Vice News captured in Ukraine this week, has been released, Vice confirms. Ostrovsky is safe and "in good health," according to the statement. He spoke to the BBC, according to a series of tweets captured by Poynter, and said he is free and on his way to Donetsk. Read These Next Authorities find 16 kids inside a 'deplorable' Ohio home. It was a crazy scene atop the Empire State Building. E. Jean Carroll is ready to collect from Trump. Dad gets to preschool pickup, realizes toddler is still in car. Report an error