Rebels Retreat To Donetsk: Russian Roulette (Dispatch 55)

Subscribe to VICE News here: On July 5, the pro-Russia rebels who had been occupying the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk for the past three months retreated to Donetsk, marking a pivotal shift in the conflict. After Ukraine’s military recaptured Sloviansk, VICE News visited some of the former rebel checkpoints surrounding the city, interviewed a pro-Russia rebel in Donetsk, and went to a “peace rally“ where Pavel Gubarev, the pro-Russia governor of The People’s Repu