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Transcript/ScriptS UKRAINE AID (TV)
HEADLINE: US House of Representatives Approves Another $40B for Ukraine
TEASER: COVID-19 relief, including money for global pandemic response, is removed from Ukraine package
PUBLISHED AT: 05/10/2022, 9:38p
BYLINE: Patsy Widakuswara
CONTRIBUTOR: Katherine Gypson
DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: Michael Burke
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: Holly Franko, Reifenrath
VIDEO SOURCE (S): AFP, AP
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:45
VID APPROVED BY: Reifenrath
TYPE: TV
EDITOR NOTES: Radio track included.))
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[[The U.S. fight against Russia's war in Ukraine is escalating rapidly, with the U.S. House of Representatives passing on Tuesday $40 billion in new military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine that the Senate aims to approve later this week. This follows a lending program that speeds up sending arms to the country. White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report. ]]
((CG: State Emergency Service of Ukraine))
((NARRATOR))
As the war rages in Odesa and other Ukrainian cities, a dramatic increase in U.S aid for the country.
((NARRATOR))
Just two months after Congress approved $13.6 billion to help Ukraine, President Joe Biden, warning that funding for military aid would run out in a week, requested another $33 billion.
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((President Joe Biden))
“The cost of the fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is even more costly. That's why we're staying in this.”
((Haines testimony, AFP V000_329U6ND, Russian Victory Day, Vladimir Putin participating in Victory Day march, AFP V000_329R6T4 tc 1:50))
((NARRATOR))
Meanwhile, top U.S. intelligence officials said that Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be preparing for a long conflict and the war in Ukraine is at a stalemate.
((File Congress))
((NARRATOR))
Democrats, saying $33 billion was not enough, added $7 billion more.
((Radio track: Democratic Senator Chris Murphy)) ((https://app.frame.io/player/cd6a47ab-726a-4119-a61c-a5bf2e102ccf ))
((Sen. Chris Murphy, Democrat)) ((VOA video))
“Russia is going to run out of money. They're going to run out of defense material. We've got to make sure that Ukraine does not run out of money, that Ukraine does not run out of defense materials.”
((WW II/ Nazi/ Hitler footage https://app.frame.io/player/71a2e020-50af-4f4f-91cc-6d853908fb91 ))
((NARRATOR))
Earlier this week, Biden signed legislation that was similar to a World War II law that helped European countries defeat Nazi Germany.
((Biden signs bill https://app.frame.io/player/7a9821d0-b36a-4ac6-b0cd-1b9b14433b88 ))
((NARRATOR))
The new law allows the president to expedite sending military equipment to Ukraine. Some observers warned of Biden’s increasingly hawkish posture, supported by both Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
[[Radio track: George Beebe, director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft via Skype]]
((https://app.frame.io/player/b9fa5480-41ce-4265-8546-c69ed4a63ea5 TC 11:45))
((George Beebe, Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft)) ((Skype)) “The consequences of more or less limitless military support to Ukraine, with no end in sight and the possibility of prolonging a war that poses real dangers to the security of Americans is, I think, a very serious subject that hasn't received the kind of serious debate in Washington that it deserves.”
((Vaccinations around the world))
((NARRATOR))
Meanwhile, Congress could not agree on the $22.5 billion funding requested to combat COVID-19, including $5 billion for global pandemic response, and removed it from the Ukraine package.
((Radio track: Republican Senator James Risch))
((https://app.frame.io/player/a95729fc-70f9-4854-8a68-7af04e0fefbd ))
((Sen. James Risch, Republican)) ((VOA video))
“The decoupling was done because we wanted to move the Ukrainian issue much more quickly. I wouldn't say that — that in any way should be looked at as demeaning the COVID question. It’s just right now, I think the Ukrainian issue is biting us quicker and harder and more immediately than COVID is.”
((Draghi’s car arriving at WH, AP 4379144))
((NARRATOR))
Also Tuesday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi came to the White House with the message that Europeans want a diplomatic end to the conflict.
((Mario Draghi, Italian Prime Minister)) ((AP 4379144))
“People think that, at least they want to think about the possibility of bringing a cease-fire and starting again some credible negotiations.”
((Continue Biden and Draghi, AP 4379144, Putin in Victory Day march, AFP V000_329R6T4))
((NARRATOR))
Biden did not echo Draghi's comments, and U.S. officials expressed skepticism that Russia is willing to talk.
Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, Washington.
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D. C.
Embargo DateMay 10, 2022 16:07 EDT
BylinePatsy Widakuswara, VOA News, Washington.
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
