Ukraine Station Attack EU -- WEB
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- Ukraine Station Attack EU -- WEB
- April 9, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English Ukraine Station Attack EU HEADLINE: UN Condemns Deadly Missile Attack on Ukraine Railway Station TEASER: Dozens of civilians killed at Kramatorsk station as they tried to flee fighting in eastern Ukraine PUBLISHED AT: 4/8/22 at 9:17 p.m. BYLINE: Henry Ridgwell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: London VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Ridgwell, Oleksiy Merkulov, Serhiy Horbatenko VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Jepsen VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, RFE/RL, Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV, APTN, Teams PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:25 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: VPKGN EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[More than 50 civilians, including children, have been killed and dozens wounded in a missile strike on a railway station in Ukraine, which Kyiv blamed on Russian forces. Moscow denies involvement. The United Nations has condemned the attack. Meanwhile, NATO member Slovakia has sent a missile defense system to Ukraine. Henry Ridgwell’s report contains graphic images from the start that may be disturbing to some viewers.]] ((cf. courtesy 'Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV’ – keep on screen throughout)) ((NARRATOR)) The depravity of this war continues to reach new depths. Ukraine says two missiles struck the railway station in the eastern town of Kramatorsk — from where thousands of civilians were trying to flee the fighting. ((cf. courtesy ‘Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’ – keep on screen throughout)) Written in Russian on the side of a missile fragment — the words "for the children.” ((cf. courtesy 'Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV’ – keep on screen throughout)) The reporter who filmed these images witnessed the missile strike. ((Oleksiy Merkulov, Eyewitness (in Ukrainian) )) “People who were outside – on either side of the train station – it was just a slaughterhouse there. It was horrible. It was impossible to stay alive if you were there. I don’t know how I held on, don’t know why I wasn’t hit – it’s a miracle.” ((cf. courtesy ‘Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’ – keep on screen throughout)) Ukraine’s president said Russia’s evil “had no limits.” ((Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President (in Ukrainian) )) “They hit people with missiles. There are witnesses, there are videos, there are remnants of missiles, but there are no more people.” ((cf. courtesy ‘Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’ – keep on screen throughout)) ((NARRATOR)) Moscow denied responsibility and said the so-called "Tochka-U" missiles are only used by Ukrainian forces — but military experts said Russia has significant stocks of the weapons. ((Justin Bronk, Royal United Services Institute)) “They've been consistently firing them throughout the conflict and particularly using them in the Donbas from the rebel-controlled areas.” ((NARRATOR)) President Zelenskyy hosted European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday. They traveled to the town of Bucha outside Kyiv, where Ukraine says Russian forces slaughtered more than three-hundred people, including children. ((Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President (in English) )) “Here in Bucha, we saw our humanity being shattered, and it is the whole world is mourning with the people of Bucha.” ((NARRATOR)) Von der Leyen said it is vital that Ukraine is given the weapons it needs. Slovakia confirmed Friday it had sent Ukraine its Soviet-era S-300 missile defense system, which has a range of hundreds of miles and can take out cruise missiles and warplanes. As a replacement, the U.S. will supply Slovakia with its Patriot missile defense system. Slovakia’s government said the delivery did not mean it had become part of the armed conflict. NATO had early concerns over escalating the war with Russia, says analyst Malcolm Chalmers. ((Malcolm Chalmers, Royal United Services Institute)) “That has changed over time. Weapons that are increasingly more usable offensively and counter-offensively are being supplied in a way which they were not before.” ((NARRATOR)) NATO and G-7 members have this week tightened sanctions and expelled dozens of Russian diplomats. ((Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (in German) )) “These are sanctions against the Russian economy, and these sanctions are highly effective.” ((NARRATOR)) But Germany — and Europe — continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars every day on Russian gas and oil. Kyiv describes this as blood money that is funding Russia’s war machine — and says Ukraine’s people are paying the ultimate price. ((Henry Ridgwell, for VOA News, London.))
- Transcript/Script Ukraine Station Attack EU HEADLINE: UN Condemns Deadly Missile Attack on Ukraine Railway Station TEASER: Dozens of civilians killed at Kramatorsk station as they tried to flee fighting in eastern Ukraine PUBLISHED AT: 4/8/22 at 9:17 p.m. BYLINE: Henry Ridgwell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: London VIDEOGRAPHER: Henry Ridgwell, Oleksiy Merkulov, Serhiy Horbatenko VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: Reifenrath, Jepsen VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, RFE/RL, Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV, APTN, Teams PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:25 VID APPROVED BY: Jepsen TYPE: VPKGN EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[More than 50 civilians, including children, have been killed and dozens wounded in a missile strike on a railway station in Ukraine, which Kyiv blamed on Russian forces. Moscow denies involvement. The United Nations has condemned the attack. Meanwhile, NATO member Slovakia has sent a missile defense system to Ukraine. Henry Ridgwell’s report contains graphic images from the start that may be disturbing to some viewers.]] ((cf. courtesy 'Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV’ – keep on screen throughout)) ((NARRATOR)) The depravity of this war continues to reach new depths. Ukraine says two missiles struck the railway station in the eastern town of Kramatorsk — from where thousands of civilians were trying to flee the fighting. ((cf. courtesy ‘Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’ – keep on screen throughout)) Written in Russian on the side of a missile fragment — the words "for the children.” ((cf. courtesy 'Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV’ – keep on screen throughout)) The reporter who filmed these images witnessed the missile strike. ((Oleksiy Merkulov, Eyewitness (in Ukrainian) )) “People who were outside – on either side of the train station – it was just a slaughterhouse there. It was horrible. It was impossible to stay alive if you were there. I don’t know how I held on, don’t know why I wasn’t hit – it’s a miracle.” ((cf. courtesy ‘Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’ – keep on screen throughout)) Ukraine’s president said Russia’s evil “had no limits.” ((Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian President (in Ukrainian) )) “They hit people with missiles. There are witnesses, there are videos, there are remnants of missiles, but there are no more people.” ((cf. courtesy ‘Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’ – keep on screen throughout)) ((NARRATOR)) Moscow denied responsibility and said the so-called "Tochka-U" missiles are only used by Ukrainian forces — but military experts said Russia has significant stocks of the weapons. ((Justin Bronk, Royal United Services Institute)) “They've been consistently firing them throughout the conflict and particularly using them in the Donbas from the rebel-controlled areas.” ((NARRATOR)) President Zelenskyy hosted European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday. They traveled to the town of Bucha outside Kyiv, where Ukraine says Russian forces slaughtered more than three-hundred people, including children. ((Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President (in English) )) “Here in Bucha, we saw our humanity being shattered, and it is the whole world is mourning with the people of Bucha.” ((NARRATOR)) Von der Leyen said it is vital that Ukraine is given the weapons it needs. Slovakia confirmed Friday it had sent Ukraine its Soviet-era S-300 missile defense system, which has a range of hundreds of miles and can take out cruise missiles and warplanes. As a replacement, the U.S. will supply Slovakia with its Patriot missile defense system. Slovakia’s government said the delivery did not mean it had become part of the armed conflict. NATO had early concerns over escalating the war with Russia, says analyst Malcolm Chalmers. ((Malcolm Chalmers, Royal United Services Institute)) “That has changed over time. Weapons that are increasingly more usable offensively and counter-offensively are being supplied in a way which they were not before.” ((NARRATOR)) NATO and G-7 members have this week tightened sanctions and expelled dozens of Russian diplomats. ((Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor (in German) )) “These are sanctions against the Russian economy, and these sanctions are highly effective.” ((NARRATOR)) But Germany — and Europe — continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars every day on Russian gas and oil. Kyiv describes this as blood money that is funding Russia’s war machine — and says Ukraine’s people are paying the ultimate price. ((Henry Ridgwell, for VOA News, London.))
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace
- Topic Tags Ukraine Train station
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date April 8, 2022 21:52 EDT
- Description English More than 50 civilians, including children, have been killed and dozens wounded in a missile strike on a railway station in Ukraine, which Kyiv blamed on Russian forces. Moscow denies involvement. The United Nations has condemned the attack. Meanwhile, NATO member Slovakia has sent a missile defense system to Ukraine. Henry Ridgwell’s report contains graphic images from the start that may be disturbing to some viewers.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English