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Transcript/ScriptUKRAINE BIKING – Oshchudlyak
HEADLINE: Motorcyclist Rides Deep Into Russia-Ukraine War's Heart of Darkness
TEASER: Reporter Neale Bayly documents his travels across 7,000 miles of the country's roads, raising awareness of the plight of its people
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BYLINE: Omelyan Oshchudlyak
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DATELINE: Chernivtsi and Lviv, Ukraine
VIDEOGRAPHER: Yuriy Dankevych
VIDEO EDITOR: Yuriy Dankevych
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath
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[[In what he calls his humanitarian travels, traveler American Neale Bayly has been riding his motorcycle around Ukraine — not only to see the sights, but also to bring attention to the war and raise funds for the children he meets along the way. Omelyan Oshchudlyak has the story.]]
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This is Pamir, an abandoned Soviet era radar station in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, at an altitude of 1,565 meters.
Traveler and reporter Neale Bayly and photographer Kiran Ridley tackled 15 kilometers of challenging mountain road to see this Cold War-era installation.
((Neale Bayly, Traveler and Reporter)) ((IN ENGLISH))
“Growing up as kids with the Cold War, we always had nuclear threats, you know. Spies and Reds — yeah, it's very much my generation.”
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Built in the 1960s as an air-defense station, these five domes now stand as a reminder of Russia’s ambitions.
((Neale Bayly, Traveler and Reporter)) ((IN ENGLISH))
“The last attempts by the Soviets to do something. And now Russia is doing it again. Does someone understand? It’s a memorial 40 years from now to this war.”
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Bayly and Ridley have ridden more than 7,000 kilometers in Ukraine: They've passed through checkpoints, crossed steppe roads in the South, and gone off-road in the Carpathians.
((Mandatory courtesy: Neal Bayly))
((Kiran Ridley, Photographer)) ((IN ENGLISH))
“The motorcycle helps. It really breaks down barriers. It is a good icebreaker.
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I think you get better access because people are intrigued straightaway.
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What is this hairy English guy doing on a motorbike?”
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((Mandatory courtesy: Barber Advanced Design Center _ YouTube Logo))
Bayly lives in the U.S. and works closely with the Barber Motorsports Museum in Birmingham, Alabama. He knows his way around a motorcycle.
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Bayly has been traveling the world on motorcycles for over 20 years, raising funds for charity through his nonprofit Wellspring International Outreach
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foundation.
Ukraine is the 56th country he visited on his bike.
((Neale Bayly, Traveler and Reporter)) ((IN ENGLISH))
“This experience allowed us to see something completely different that I didn't watch on social media or on the news before I came.”
((Mandatory courtesy: Neale Bayly))
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In over four weeks, the two men talked to miners and fishermen. They’ve visited the speedway tracks and the bombed-out motorcycle track in Bucha. They’ve met farmers near Odesa and soldiers undergoing rehabilitation near Lviv. They talked with children who found refuge in a monastery
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and met patients at the children's hospital.
((Pictures need MANDATORY COURTESY: Kiran Ridley))
((Kiran Ridley, Photographer)) ((IN ENGLISH))
“Ukraine is quite a special place, I think. And the people really shine through.”
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((Mandatory courtesy: Neale Bayly))
Vinnytsia was the toughest stop of their trip. Bayly and Ridley arrived three hours after Russian missiles hit the city center, killing dozens of civilians.
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((Neale Bayly, Traveler and Reporter)) ((IN ENGLISH))
“You just think — these poor people had no chance. This is like we're standing here right now, (finger snapping) — that's what it is. And how do we look at that? How do we reconcile in our minds?”
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Bayly says he wants the world to see what he sees, because, he says, once you see it, it’s impossible to ignore.
((Omelyan Oshchudlyak, for VOA News, Ukraine)
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Chernivtsi and Lviv, Ukraine
Embargo DateAugust 9, 2022 16:43 EDT
Byline((Omelyan Oshchudlyak, for VOA News, Ukraine)
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
