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Transcript/ScriptWashington Week Ahead (TV)
HEADLINE: US Vows Increased Support to Ukraine Amid Continued Russian Aggression
TEASER: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi becomes highest-ranking US leader to visit Kyiv since war began
PUBLISHED AT: 05/01/2022 at 4:29 pm
BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
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DATELINE: Washington
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VIDEO EDITOR: Arash Arabasadi
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VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP/ REUTERS/ Ukrainian Presidential Office/ VOA Original/ ABC “This Week”/ Ukrainian National Guard/ Press Service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine
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[[ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking elected official to visit Ukraine’s president in Kyiv. She led a U.S. Congressional delegation that promised more support for Ukraine and unwavering fortitude against Russian aggression. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.]]
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((VAR, CEMETERY VISIT, IRPIN, UKRAINE, AP, 04/30))
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Drone footage shows the destruction to residential infrastructure left in Irpin, Ukraine, after Russian troops advanced on the city. All over this country, on the Sunday following Orthodox Easter, Ukrainians visit cemeteries to remember their dead. A grim undertaking this year, as thousands of mostly-civilians have so far died in this war.
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((NARRATOR))
Western powers led by the United States have pledged unwavering support for Ukraine in its existential battle against Russian invaders. Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi – third in line for the U.S. Presidency – visited Kyiv and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in this video his office released Sunday.
[RADIO TRACK: Speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, said the moment showed strong bonds between allies.]
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((Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to US))
“It was a special delight to see Madam Speaker with the delegation in Kyiv, meeting with our president. I think it’s yet another sign of very, very strong support that Ukraine has here in the United States. We feel and we know that Americans are our brothers and sisters in this fight for freedom ((and)) for democracy.”
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The delegation then traveled to Poland, where Pelosi spoke about the Biden administration’s recent request for further funding of the Ukrainian resistance.
[RADIO TRACK: Pelosi answered a question from VOA.]
((Nancy Pelosi, US House Speaker))
“It’s 33-billion dollars, which is an enormous amount of money. We are very proud of the 13-point-six-billion dollars that we have sent, and we’re just getting down to the last drop of that.”
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Much of that money has gone to arm Ukrainians. In this unverified video, the Ukrainian National Guard claims to show an attack on Russian military equipment. But they say they need more firepower, and critics say that needs to happen now.
[RADIO TRACK: Sunday, on ABC’s “This Week,” Representative Michael McCaul, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said time is of the essence.]
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((Rep. Michael McCaul, Republican))
“Every day we don’t send them more weapons is a day where more people will be killed, and a day where they could lose this war. I think they can win it, but we have to give them the tools to do it.”
((VAR, CLEANUP, CHERNIHIV, UKRAINE, REUTERS, 04/30))
((NARRATOR))
Meanwhile, Ukrainians face uphill battles to clean and clear areas they once called home. In Chernihiv, houses and structures collapsed under heavy Russian shelling.
((DRONE, FLOODING, DEMYDIV, UKRAINE, AP))
((NARRATOR))
While Ukraine deliberately flooded a village just north of Kyiv to block a Russian army advance. One local resident is saying it was worth it, because it kept out an invasion.
((VAR, MARIUPOL EVAC., BEZIMENNE, UKRAINE, AP, 05/01))
((NARRATOR))
And at last, a ray of light for civilians in the besieged port city of Mariupol. Evacuation of dozens of people taken to a village under control of Russian-backed separatists. The U.N. confirmed the evacuations of those who’d been hiding in bunkers of the Azovstal steel plant.
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From where just days earlier, an unverified video released by officials showed guards at the plant singing the Ukrainian national anthem.
((Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D. C.
Embargo DateMay 1, 2022 18:41 EDT
BylineArash Arabasadi
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
