Ukraine Residents Return USAGM
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- Ukraine Residents Return USAGM
- June 7, 2022
- Content Type Program
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Ukraine Residents Return – Kosstutschenko HEADLINE: Irpin Residents Begin to Rebuild After Russian Occupation TEASER: Elderly women spends her days on the couch pulled out of her ruined house PUBLISHED AT: 6/7/2022 AT 8:30AM BYLINE: Anna Kosstutschenko CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Irpin, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Oleksiy Yakushev VIDEO EDITOR: Oleksiy Yakushev SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Story Hunter PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __ TRT: 2:42 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[As Russian forces continue to advance in parts of eastern Ukraine, they have been pushed back from other areas where residents are returning to what’s left of their homes. For VOA, Anna Kosstutscheko reports in this piece narrated by Anna Rice.]] ((NATS)) ((Oleksandra Yahodyna, Irpin Resident)) (In Russian) “We had a nice kitchen here, the house was very nice…” ((NARRATION)) This is what’s left of 82-year-old Oleksandra Yahodyna home after Russian shelling of her hometown of Irpin. She and her daughter Veera (vee-rah) Malakhina lived in this house for more than 20 years. The daughter recalled fleeing with help from the Ukrainian military. ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian) “We asked them to take us away. The shelling was awful here. Military men helped us to cross the river by pontoon bridge.” ((NARRATION)) Malakhina is 65 years old. She’s been a commercial painter since a young age. Ten years ago, she had enough money saved to add on to and repair this old house. Now she and her mother are digging out whatever they can salvage. ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian)) People helped me to take out the fridge. It works, it’s banged up, but I plugged it in, and it works. I cook at the neighbor’s house. They gave me the keys and let me take showers. ((NARRATION)) Olexandra asked to dig out her sofa. ((Oleksandra Yahodyna, Irpin Resident)) (In Russian) “I asked them to help me pull out of the rubble my sofa, so at least I could sit in the sun.” ((NARRATION)) Now, she spends most of her day here. When it rains, she hides in a small barn that survived the shelling. At night, the mother and daughter share a mattress on the floor. But Malakhina says they’re better off than others. Some of her neighbors don’t even have a barn for shelter. Russian artillery destroyed everything. ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian). “We have at least something left. Our neighbor Shura, her house is the first one on Okrtyabrska street. There’s nothing left of her home. ((NARRATION)) Occasionally, Veera tries to get into her ruined house to search for more items. She says the most precious one is a wedding photo. ((NATS)) ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian)) “That’s my deceased husband, that’s me and our classmates.” ((NARRATION)) Yahodyna is happy her flowerpots survived. ((Oleksandra Yahodyna, Irpin Resident)) (In Russian) “I used to plant a lot of flowers when I lived in the village. My friends would ask me – how do you do that? I always answered - it’s easy.” ((NARRATION)) Recently, Malakhina received a small amount of monetary aid from the state. It’s equivalent to about 65 US dollars. Not enough money to begin rebuilding for now. Before the war began, Veera says she was unable to work and was scheduled to undergo cancer surgery. But all that is on hold for now. ((Anna Kosstutchenko for VOA News, Irpin, Ukraine))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Ukraine Residents Return – Kosstutschenko HEADLINE: Irpin Residents Begin to Rebuild After Russian Occupation TEASER: Elderly women spends her days on the couch pulled out of her ruined house PUBLISHED AT: 6/7/2022 AT 8:30AM BYLINE: Anna Kosstutschenko CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Irpin, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Oleksiy Yakushev VIDEO EDITOR: Oleksiy Yakushev SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; MAS VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Story Hunter PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV __ RADIO __ TRT: 2:42 VID APPROVED BY: KE TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES:)) ((INTRO)) [[As Russian forces continue to advance in parts of eastern Ukraine, they have been pushed back from other areas where residents are returning to what’s left of their homes. For VOA, Anna Kosstutscheko reports in this piece narrated by Anna Rice.]] ((NATS)) ((Oleksandra Yahodyna, Irpin Resident)) (In Russian) “We had a nice kitchen here, the house was very nice…” ((NARRATION)) This is what’s left of 82-year-old Oleksandra Yahodyna home after Russian shelling of her hometown of Irpin. She and her daughter Veera (vee-rah) Malakhina lived in this house for more than 20 years. The daughter recalled fleeing with help from the Ukrainian military. ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian) “We asked them to take us away. The shelling was awful here. Military men helped us to cross the river by pontoon bridge.” ((NARRATION)) Malakhina is 65 years old. She’s been a commercial painter since a young age. Ten years ago, she had enough money saved to add on to and repair this old house. Now she and her mother are digging out whatever they can salvage. ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian)) People helped me to take out the fridge. It works, it’s banged up, but I plugged it in, and it works. I cook at the neighbor’s house. They gave me the keys and let me take showers. ((NARRATION)) Olexandra asked to dig out her sofa. ((Oleksandra Yahodyna, Irpin Resident)) (In Russian) “I asked them to help me pull out of the rubble my sofa, so at least I could sit in the sun.” ((NARRATION)) Now, she spends most of her day here. When it rains, she hides in a small barn that survived the shelling. At night, the mother and daughter share a mattress on the floor. But Malakhina says they’re better off than others. Some of her neighbors don’t even have a barn for shelter. Russian artillery destroyed everything. ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian). “We have at least something left. Our neighbor Shura, her house is the first one on Okrtyabrska street. There’s nothing left of her home. ((NARRATION)) Occasionally, Veera tries to get into her ruined house to search for more items. She says the most precious one is a wedding photo. ((NATS)) ((Veera Malakhina, Irpin Resident)) (In Ukrainian)) “That’s my deceased husband, that’s me and our classmates.” ((NARRATION)) Yahodyna is happy her flowerpots survived. ((Oleksandra Yahodyna, Irpin Resident)) (In Russian) “I used to plant a lot of flowers when I lived in the village. My friends would ask me – how do you do that? I always answered - it’s easy.” ((NARRATION)) Recently, Malakhina received a small amount of monetary aid from the state. It’s equivalent to about 65 US dollars. Not enough money to begin rebuilding for now. Before the war began, Veera says she was unable to work and was scheduled to undergo cancer surgery. But all that is on hold for now. ((Anna Kosstutchenko for VOA News, Irpin, Ukraine))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date June 7, 2022 08:40 EDT
- Byline Anna Kosstutschenko
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America