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Transcript/ScriptUS – RUSSIA – UKRAINE (TV)
HEADLINE: Biden Announces Additional $800M for Ukraine
TEASER: Latest package to support Kyiv’s military as Moscow shifts the war to the Donbas region
PUBLISHED AT: 4/21/2022, 8:34 P
BYLINE: Patsy Widakuswara
CONTRIBUTOR: Steve Miller
DATELINE: Washington
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SCRIPT EDITORS: Mia Bush, Holly Franko, DJ OK
VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP, AFP, Skype
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TRT: 2:14
VID APPROVED BY: Reifenrath
TYPE: TV
EDITOR NOTES: Radio track included.))
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[[President Joe Biden on Thursday announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine that includes heavy artillery, tactical vehicles and armed drones. He said the weapons will support the country's needs amid Russia's pivot to refocus the war on the Donbas region. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report.]]
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As Moscow shifts strategy to intensify its offensive in the eastern part of Ukraine, Ukrainian soldiers ramp up their presence the Luhansk region – an effort that
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President Joe Biden is keen to support.
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((President Joe Biden))
"I'm announcing another $800 million to further augment Ukraine's ability to fight in the East and the Donbas region."
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The package includes howitzer cannons, artillery rounds, tactical vehicles and armed drones – on top of the $800 million announced just last week.
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Out of the $13.6 billion Ukraine funding bill Biden signed into law in March,
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$3.25 billion has been set for military aid to Ukraine and several billions for economic, humanitarian and other security assistance.
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((Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives Speaker))
"The president said he would be asking Congress for more, we'll learn about that in the next day or so, to be taken up as soon as we can next week."
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That was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
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((Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister))
"We need secondary sanctions, we need a sixth package of sanctions, and we work closely together. And we also need some finances to finance internally displaced persons, to finance our refugees all around the world."
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Moscow has released images of an intercontinental ballistic missile test launch they said happened earlier this week and should make Russia's enemies think twice.
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The White House dismissed it.
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((Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary))
"They provided advance notice of this launch under its new START treaty obligations that it planned to test this missile. The Defense Department said today that we did not deem the test a threat to the United States or its allies."
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But should Russian President Vladimir Putin turn to nuclear weapons to bail himself out of a military stalemate in Ukraine, the U.S. must be prepared.
((Radio track: Said John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center and former ambassador to Ukraine, via Skype))
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((John Herbst, Atlantic Council)) ((Skype))
"The one great strength Putin has – he has a nose for weakness. And he smells weakness in the West response, including the United States' response to his nuclear threats."
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Biden also announced a new program to expedite the U.S. immigration process for Ukrainian refugees,
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and a ban on Russian-affiliated ships from American ports, joining Europe and Canada in the latest pressure campaign against Moscow.
((Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, Washington.))
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