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Transcript/ScriptWashington Week Ahead (TV)
HEADLINE: Ukraine’s President Calls Russian Assault “Genocide”
TEASER: Zelenskyy continues calls for cease-fire; requests summit with Putin
PUBLISHED AT: 4/3/2022 at:
BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ REUTERS/ “FACE THE NATION”/TWITTER/ “STATE OF THE UNION”/ TWITTER/ PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE
PRODUCER: Arash Arabasadi
SCRIPT EDITORS: sv, MPage; caw
NOTE: PART GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING
VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ REUTERS/ “FACE THE NATION”/TWITTER/ “STATE OF THE UNION”/ TWITTER/ PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE
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[[Ukraine’s president has called Russia’s ongoing and unprovoked war a “genocide” while Western officials have condemned what they call atrocities committed by Russian forces in a Kyiv suburb. The U.S. secretary of state travels to Europe this week to meet with NATO allies. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more. ((FOR WEB: GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING - The following video contains sensitive content which some people may find disturbing.]]
((VAR, SMOKE, ODESA, UKRAINE, REUTERS, 04/03))
((NARRATOR))
Clouds of black smoke fill the sky over Odesa. The city council says missiles struck the major Ukrainian port city known as the “Pearl of the Black Sea.”
((VAR, SMOKE, ODESA, UKRAINE, AP, 04/03))
((NARRATOR))
Odesa is also home to Ukraine’s naval headquarters. A Russian Defense Ministry representative said Russian ships and aircraft fired upon oil processing facilities and fuel depots he claimed provided support to nearby Ukrainian troops. A Ukrainian official called it part of a quote “vile practice of destroying critical infrastructure.”
((VAR, UKRAINIAN TROOP MOVEMENT, NEAR KYIV, AP, 04/02))
((VAR, BODIES IN STREET, BUCHA, UKRAINE, AP, 04/02))
((GRAPHIC CONTENT: BODIES))
((NARRATOR))
As Russia’s war on Ukraine wages into a sixth week, Ukrainian troops claim victories in pushing back Russian forces. But Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of
catastrophes for civilians living among abandoned mines, equipment, and bodies in the street, which Ukrainian soldiers in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha ((BOO-tchah)) pull with cables fearing booby traps.
[RADIO TRACK: Sunday, on CBS “Face the Nation,” President Zelenskyy called Russia’s war a “genocide.” He spoke through an interpreter.]
((mandatory cg “Face the Nation” / Twitter))
((SPEAKING THROUGH INTERPRETER))
((Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President))
“We are the citizens of Ukraine. We have more than 100 nationalities. This is about the destruction and extermination of all these nationalities. We are the citizens of Ukraine, and we don’t want to be subdued to the policy of the Russian Federation. This is the reason we are being destroyed.”
((VAR, BODIES, BUCHA, UKRAINE, REUTERS, 04/02))
((GRAPHIC CONTENT: BODIES))
((NARRATOR))
Back in Bucha, the mayor describes civilians with hands tied behind their backs shot in the head by retreating Russian forces. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Russia has committed war crimes.
[RADIO TRACK: Sunday, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Blinken called the images a “punch to the gut.”]
((mandatory cg “State of the Union” / Twitter))
((Antony Blinken, U.S. Secretary of State))
“We can’t become numb to this. We can’t normalize this. This is the reality of what’s going on every single day as long as Russia’s brutality against Ukraine continues. That’s why it needs to come to an end.”
((VAR, BODIES IN STREET, BUCHA, UKRAINE, AP, 04/02))
((GRAPHIC CONTENT: BODIES))
((NARRATOR))
Despite mounting evidence to the contrary, Russia denies targeting civilians. A Ukrainian presidential adviser describes evidence of war crimes.
[RADIO TRACK: Oleksiy Arestovych speaking on behalf of Ukraine’s Presidential Office.]
((mandatory cg PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE))
((Oleksiy Arestovych, Adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy))
((MAN, UKRAINIAN))
“Among the victims of Russian crimes are raped women they tried to burn, murdered local government officials, murdered children, murdered elderly people, murdered men – many of whom have their hands tied – traces of torture and shot in the back of their heads.”
((VAR, AIRPORT, HOSTOMEL, UKRAINE, AP, 04/02))
((NARRATOR))
Ukrainian troops take back territory from fleeing Russian forces shouting in Ukrainian, “Glory to the heroes.”
((VOX POP: “Glory to the heroes.” WOMAN, UKRAINIAN))
((VAR, AIRPORT, HOSTOMEL, UKRAINE, AP, 04/02))
((NARRATOR))
Secretary Blinken travels to a NATO meeting this week in Brussels where he will hold talks with counterparts to highlight the alliance’s resolve and further hold Russia accountable.
((Arash Arabasadi, VOA News)
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D. C.
Embargo DateApril 3, 2022 22:13 EDT
Byline((Arash Arabasadi, VOA News))
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
