Belarus Russia Equipment USAGM
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- Belarus Russia Equipment USAGM
- November 27, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English (PLAYBOOK SLUG: Belarus-Russia-Equipment-TV HEADLINE: Newly Mobilized Russian Troops Training in Belarus Before Ukraine Deployment TEASER: Monitoring groups say thousands of Russian troops are being trained in Belarus, which is also sending military equipment back to Russia PUBLISHED AT: 11/27/2022 at 3:29 pm BYLINE: Igor Tsikhanenka CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: New York VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: Igor Tsikhanenka EDITORS: Newhouse, Reifenrath, DK (ok) VIDEO SOURCES: VOA, Reuters, AP PLATFORMS: WEB__TV_X__RADIO___ TRT: 3:19 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TV UPDATE: )) ((INTRO )) [[According to military monitors, Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, is allowing up to 10,000 newly mobilized Russian troops to train in his country and sending Moscow at least 211 pieces of heavy military equipment, including trucks and tanks. Critics, such as exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, talk to VOA about how Lukashenko is trying to help Russia’s battered military.]] ((NARRATOR)) Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says the country's president, Alexander Lukashenko, is committed to helping his most important benefactor, Russian President Vladimir Putin. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English))) ((Skype)) 2:40 – 2:49 “By providing such material support, he is buying time in power. He wants to show that he’s loyal [to Putin].” ((NARRATOR)) Russia has been using its ally, Belarus, as a staging ground for its war in Ukraine. Drawing on data from several sources monitoring military activity in Belarus — primarily, the Belarusian Hajun project and the Community of Belarus Railroad Workers — Tsikhanouskaya says that the number of Russian troops in Belarus will only grow. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English))) ((Skype)) 4:26 – 4:40 “There are multiple reports that the Belarusian barracks are overcrowded, and now Russia builds additional facilities for them, so it can be expected that more Russian soldiers will come.” ((NARRATOR)) Belarus sends the military equipment by rail, and traffic has been active in both directions, the opposition leader says. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English))) ((Skype)) 3:29 - 3:33 “… we see echelons with Russian equipment coming to Belarus as well…” ((NARRATOR)) In a phone interview with VOA, a monitor from the Community of Belarus Railroad workers, who asked to be unnamed, said that in recent weeks, “several dozen, up to 100 units,” of damaged Russian military equipment arrived in Belarus. Pavel Slunkin focuses on Belarus-related issues at the European Council on Foreign Relations. ((Pavel Slunkin, European Council on Foreign Relations (Russian)) 6:04 – 6:20 ((Skype)) “So, Belarus is used as a maintenance hub not only for treating the wounded (Russian) soldiers, but also fixing up the Russian armored personnel carriers and tanks, which are then taken back to Russia and then to the front lines.” ((NARRATOR)) In addition to repairing Russian war machinery, Belarus is donating trucks and tanks — some 211 pieces of heavy equipment in October alone. The founder of the Belarusian Hajun project, Anton Motolko, says the Belarusian railroad workers provide information on exactly what the trains are carrying, as well as where they are going, giving a clear look at the resupply effort. ((Anton Motolko, Belarusian Hajun Project (Russian)) 5:07 – 5:16 ((Google Meet)) “There are two military bases from which the equipment is taken: they are in the towns of Urech’e [u'rech'e] and Starye Doroghi.” ['staryje da'roghi] 4:02 – 4:09 “We tracked it down and saw that it was all sent to the area that borders the Ukrainian Donetsk and Luhansk regions.” ((NARRATOR)) Slunkin says the movement of troops and equipment between Russia and Belarus could mean two things. ((Pavel Slunkin, European Council on Foreign Relations (Russian)) 1:07 – 1:12// 1:40-1:49 ((Skype)) “First, that Russia has used up a huge amount of its weaponry. // And secondly, it tells us indirectly that we should not be expecting the Belarusian army’s participation in this war.” ((NARRATOR)) But Tsikhanouskaya says that by sending troops to Belarus, Putin might be pursuing a more menacing political objective. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English)) 4:53 – 5:08 ((Skype)) “Russians are expanding their permanent military presence to make sure that Belarus will not get out of Russian control. And Belarus could become a consolation prize for Putin.” ((NARRATOR)) Whether the Russian troops training in Belarus stay there or are sent to Ukraine, critics say their goal will be the same: the occupation of more territory at Russia’s neighbors’ expense. ((Igor Tsikhanenka, VOA NEWS, New York ))
- Transcript/Script (PLAYBOOK SLUG: Belarus-Russia-Equipment-TV HEADLINE: Newly Mobilized Russian Troops Training in Belarus Before Ukraine Deployment TEASER: Monitoring groups say thousands of Russian troops are being trained in Belarus, which is also sending military equipment back to Russia PUBLISHED AT: 11/27/2022 at 3:29 pm BYLINE: Igor Tsikhanenka CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: New York VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: Igor Tsikhanenka EDITORS: Newhouse, Reifenrath, DK (ok) VIDEO SOURCES: VOA, Reuters, AP PLATFORMS: WEB__TV_X__RADIO___ TRT: 3:19 VID APPROVED BY: mia TYPE: TV UPDATE: )) ((INTRO )) [[According to military monitors, Belarus’ authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, is allowing up to 10,000 newly mobilized Russian troops to train in his country and sending Moscow at least 211 pieces of heavy military equipment, including trucks and tanks. Critics, such as exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, talk to VOA about how Lukashenko is trying to help Russia’s battered military.]] ((NARRATOR)) Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says the country's president, Alexander Lukashenko, is committed to helping his most important benefactor, Russian President Vladimir Putin. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English))) ((Skype)) 2:40 – 2:49 “By providing such material support, he is buying time in power. He wants to show that he’s loyal [to Putin].” ((NARRATOR)) Russia has been using its ally, Belarus, as a staging ground for its war in Ukraine. Drawing on data from several sources monitoring military activity in Belarus — primarily, the Belarusian Hajun project and the Community of Belarus Railroad Workers — Tsikhanouskaya says that the number of Russian troops in Belarus will only grow. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English))) ((Skype)) 4:26 – 4:40 “There are multiple reports that the Belarusian barracks are overcrowded, and now Russia builds additional facilities for them, so it can be expected that more Russian soldiers will come.” ((NARRATOR)) Belarus sends the military equipment by rail, and traffic has been active in both directions, the opposition leader says. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English))) ((Skype)) 3:29 - 3:33 “… we see echelons with Russian equipment coming to Belarus as well…” ((NARRATOR)) In a phone interview with VOA, a monitor from the Community of Belarus Railroad workers, who asked to be unnamed, said that in recent weeks, “several dozen, up to 100 units,” of damaged Russian military equipment arrived in Belarus. Pavel Slunkin focuses on Belarus-related issues at the European Council on Foreign Relations. ((Pavel Slunkin, European Council on Foreign Relations (Russian)) 6:04 – 6:20 ((Skype)) “So, Belarus is used as a maintenance hub not only for treating the wounded (Russian) soldiers, but also fixing up the Russian armored personnel carriers and tanks, which are then taken back to Russia and then to the front lines.” ((NARRATOR)) In addition to repairing Russian war machinery, Belarus is donating trucks and tanks — some 211 pieces of heavy equipment in October alone. The founder of the Belarusian Hajun project, Anton Motolko, says the Belarusian railroad workers provide information on exactly what the trains are carrying, as well as where they are going, giving a clear look at the resupply effort. ((Anton Motolko, Belarusian Hajun Project (Russian)) 5:07 – 5:16 ((Google Meet)) “There are two military bases from which the equipment is taken: they are in the towns of Urech’e [u'rech'e] and Starye Doroghi.” ['staryje da'roghi] 4:02 – 4:09 “We tracked it down and saw that it was all sent to the area that borders the Ukrainian Donetsk and Luhansk regions.” ((NARRATOR)) Slunkin says the movement of troops and equipment between Russia and Belarus could mean two things. ((Pavel Slunkin, European Council on Foreign Relations (Russian)) 1:07 – 1:12// 1:40-1:49 ((Skype)) “First, that Russia has used up a huge amount of its weaponry. // And secondly, it tells us indirectly that we should not be expecting the Belarusian army’s participation in this war.” ((NARRATOR)) But Tsikhanouskaya says that by sending troops to Belarus, Putin might be pursuing a more menacing political objective. ((Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Opposition Leader (English)) 4:53 – 5:08 ((Skype)) “Russians are expanding their permanent military presence to make sure that Belarus will not get out of Russian control. And Belarus could become a consolation prize for Putin.” ((NARRATOR)) Whether the Russian troops training in Belarus stay there or are sent to Ukraine, critics say their goal will be the same: the occupation of more territory at Russia’s neighbors’ expense. ((Igor Tsikhanenka, VOA NEWS, New York ))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date November 27, 2022 15:49 EST
- Byline Igor Tsikhanenka
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America