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 Country star cancels rest of his tour: 'I am mentally unwell.' Iran's new leader issued a defiant first statement. Old Dominion University gunman was killed by ROTC students. Morrissey calls off gig after night in 'indescribable hell.' Report an error