Some Ukrainian Prisoners Treated 'Like Slaves', Says Simon Ostrovsky

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While filming near the now-destroyed Donetsk Airport, journalist Simon Ostrovsky interviewed Ukrainian POWs who were being used to dig out bodies of soldiers killed in fighting at the airport. A seasoned war correspondent, Ostrovsky said it was one of the few times when he had been standing next to a person whose position was so much lower than his own. "It's incredible to be standing next to people who are essentially slaves," he said, explaining that their circumstances were so beyond his own. Ostrovsky