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Washington Week Ahead (TV)
HEADLINE: Russia Ramps up Attacks on Civilian Targets in Ukraine
TEASER: Kremlin blames Kyiv for attack on Ukrainian train station
PUBLISHED AT: 4/10/2022 2:35p.m.
BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
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DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY/ Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV/ “This Week” / Twitter/ UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE/ “State of the Union” / Twitter/ SKY
PRODUCER: Arash Arabasadi
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VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY/ Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV/ “This Week” / Twitter/ UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE/ “State of the Union” / Twitter/ SKY
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((INTRO))) [[ Ukraine’s president says Russia’s ongoing and unprovoked war on his country is a “catastrophe” that endangers all of Europe. The Kremlin seems to have abandoned plans to topple the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, amid the war now in its second month. Western powers describe retreating Russian soldiers as war criminals for alleged atrocities ranging from rape to execution-style murders of civilians. ((Warning: some viewers may find images in this story disturbing.)) VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.]]
((mandatory cg RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY))
((NARRATOR))
New video from the Russian Defense Ministry claims to show aviation crews destroying a column of Ukrainian armored combat vehicles and air defense units. VOA cannot independently verify the images. The Kremlin continues claiming it targets only military facilities and personnel, but verified images paint a different picture.
((mandatory cg Oleksiy Merkulov/Donetchyna TV))
((NARRATOR))
These images come in the aftermath of explosions late last week at a train station in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk. Dozens of civilians were killed in the attack. Russia denied responsibility, instead blaming Ukraine for attacking itself as an act of provocation.
((NARRATOR))
The attack in Kramatorsk follows the recent discovery of civilian casualties on roadsides and shallow graves in Kyiv’s suburb of Bucha ((BOO-tcha)).
[RADIO TRACK: Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said U.S. intelligence saw this coming.]
((mandatory cg “This Week” / Twitter))
((Jake Sullivan, White House National Security Adviser))
“There was a plan from the highest levels of the Russian government to target civilians who opposed the invasion, to cause violence against them, to organize efforts to brutalize them in order to try to terrorize the population and subjugate it.”
((mandatory cg UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE))
((NARRATOR))
In a recent address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Russia’s aggression in his country – something he calls a genocide – threatens the future of Europe. European nations remain steadfast supporters of Ukraine but still purchase much of their energy from Russia.
[RADIO TRACK: Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Representative Liz Cheney of the Armed Services Committee said it’s time for that to stop.]
((mandatory cg “State of the Union” / Twitter))
((Rep. Liz Cheney, Republican))
“We need to do everything we can to increase our own domestic production to help make sure that we can supply them with as much as possible, but they need to understand that every single time, every single day that they are continuing to import Russian oil and gas, they’re funding [Russian President Vladimir] Putin’s genocide in Ukraine.”
((NARRATOR))
Streams of Ukrainians lucky enough to escape war continue arriving at a camp across the Polish border.
((NARRATOR))
But many remain trapped in places like the besieged port city of Mariupol with no hope in sight.
[RADIO TRACK: Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross delegation in Ukraine, Pascal Hundt, explains to SKY News.]
((mandatory cg SKY))
((Pascal Hundt, Head of International Committee of the Red Cross, Ukraine))
“We went there with buses. We moved. We try. We try again and again. But unfortunately, the situation around Mariupol was too dangerous. The security conditions were not good. The security guarantees we got were no good, either so at around 20 kilometers from Mariupol, we had to go back.”
((NARRATOR))
Elsewhere, in the town of Borodyanka, residents say their loved ones have been buried in rubble for weeks and their homes tattered after Russian occupiers finally fled. It’s a scene increasingly common of civilians as military targets in this war, despite Russian claims to the contrary.
((Arash Arabasadi, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
Program NameBorder Crossings
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D. C.
Embargo DateApril 10, 2022 15:26 EDT
Byline
((Arash Arabasadi, VOA News))
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
