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Transcript/Script US Reax Zelenskyy Congress Speech
HEADLINE: Ukrainian Teenager Watches Zelenskyy Appeal to US Lawmakers
TEASER: Ukrainian worries Congress is “afraid of provoking Russia”
PUBLISHED AT: Wednesday, 03/16/2022 at 9:45p
BYLINE: Carolyn Presutti
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Washington
VIDEO PRODUCER: Saqib Ul Islam
VIDEOGRAPHER: Saqib Ul Islam
VIDEO EDITOR: Saqib Ul Islam
SCRIPT EDITORS: BR, Bowman, DJ balance
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, zelenskyy speech pool, video within the speech
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TRT: 2:30
VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen
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((INTRO))
[[While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was pleading for more military aid in a speech to the U.S. Congress Wednesday, a Ukrainian high school student in Washington was watching intently for signs of hope for her country. VOA’s Carolyn Presutti watched the speech with the 16-year-old Ukrainian teenager and her host mother.]]
((NARRATOR))
Yaryna Kholod is talking to her mother 78-hundred kilometers away.
((NATS - Conversation in Ukrainian))
((NARRATOR))
Her mother is in Ternopil, in western Ukraine.
Having just returned from a bomb shelter, she is sewing these covers to camouflage Ukrainian tanks from the Russians.
((pic with flag at school))
Yaryna is spending a year in an American high school as a Ukrainian scholar.
((Nat clapping for Zelenskyy))
((09;04;51;19 MRT ZELENSKYY standing ovation broll AVAILABLE IN FRAME.IO ([VOA] Central Published > Central Wednesday 3-16 > MRT CLIPS > Ukrainian President Zelenskyy / Video Address / U.S. Congress))
((NARRATOR))
Wednesday morning, she and her host mom, Christine Dulaney, watched Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy address the U.S. Congress from Kyiv.
((Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President))
((09;10;23;29 PULLED BY MRT Maybe about 1:00 in ZELENSKYYplease establish no fly zone or give missiles))
“Is this a lot to ask for? To create a No-Fly Zone over Ukraine to save people?”
((NARRATOR))
While President Biden Wednesday announced an increase in American military aid to Ukraine, his administration says establishing a no-fly zone would put the U.S. military in direct conflict with Russia.
((Yaryna Kholod, Ukrainian High School Student in US))
((4:47))
“It seems to me they are deeply afraid of provoking Russia as they have been for many years since Russia invaded Georgia. It doesn’t seem like there has been a great change in the mindset of them no matter how many crimes Russia has committed.”
((NARRATOR))
((video then to them tearing up watching it))
Knowing the war will continue despite the speech, both women tear up watching scenes provided by Zelenskyy, showing civilian carnage, in cities they recognize.
((Yaryna Kholod, Ukrainian High School Student in US)) ((Part 2 @7:03))
“The video has compiled some moments that are just truly disheartening for me, as a Ukrainian.”
((NARRATOR))
((Show Christine with Yaryna prepping food, then photos then to video call))
Christine Dulaney, who is of Ukrainian descent, has newly married cousins in Ukraine who recently drove family members to the Polish border and then returned to western Ukraine. On a video call, one of them explains they returned despite the danger to support their country.
((Christine Korytnyk Dulaney, Ukrainian American))
((4:15))
“There is this Ukrainian spirit that all my life I had sort of heard about and you know, it's kind of amazing. I'm now seeing it kind of in action and being played out.”
((NARRATOR))
Played out in many Ukrainian cities. But the future is uncertain for Ukrainians and now even for Yaryna. Her high school year in the United States ends in June. But what then?
((Yaryna Kholod, Ukrainian High School Student in US))
((Part 2 @9:32 --- after she says it, sit on the silence for a while before my sig out))
“I just don’t know if I will be able to go home.”
Carolyn Presutti, VOA News, Washington
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D. C.
Embargo DateMarch 17, 2022 00:24 EDT
Byline((Carolyn Presutti, VOA News, Washington))
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
