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Transcript/Script((PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV – Ukraine German Refugee – Shevchenko
HEAD: Separated by War: 16-Year-Old Girl Finds Safety in Germany Leaving Mother in Ukraine
TEASER:
DATE: 12/12/2022 at 10am
PUBLISHED AT:
BYLINE: Khrystyna Shevchenko
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Düsseldorf, Germany
VIDEOGRAPHER: Khrystyna Shevchenko
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA + TBD
PRODUCER:
SCRIPT EDITORS: Kenochs; MAS
PLATFORMS: TV only
TRT: 2:58
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG
UPDATE: ))
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[[Many young Ukrainians who fled the war and were separated from their families and still live with uncertainty about their futures. Sixteen-year-old Diana Kryvorotko found safety with a couple in Germany but is still not sure when she will see her mother again. Khrystyna Shevchenko has the story.]]
((NARRATION))
Babette and Tom Terveer live in a cottage just outside Dusseldorf with their two sons and pets. But their family became even bigger over the summer when the couple took in 16-year-old Diana Kryvorotko, a Ukrainian refugee from Kharkiv.
((Babette Terveer, Guardian)) ((IN ENG))
“I met her mother from animal rescuing and felt her fear that something can happen to her daughter; so, we totally agreed to take her to our home.”
((NATS, Diana enters the room))
((Diana Kryvorotko, Ukrainian Refugee)) ((IN UKR/RUS))
“We made this decision together with my mother. We were under heavy shelling for a long time, and she suggested I go to Germany. At first, I didn’t want to go. // But then I realized it would be better that way."
((NARRATION))
((Mandatory courtesy: Diana Kryvorotko))
When the war started, Kryvorotko was in high school, and her mother worked at Animal Rescue Kharkiv. Since day one of the war, she’s been helping to evacuate animals.
((End courtesy))
((Diana Kryvorotko, Ukrainian Refugee)) ((IN UKR/RUS))
“My mom went to Kyiv on February 21, but she told me what to do if the war started. I stayed with family friends for over 100 days, it was tough.”
((NATS)) ((Kryvorotko call her mom)) ((IN UKR))
“Hi Mommy!”
((NARRATION))
Kryvorotko worries about her mother.
((Diana Kryvorotko, Ukrainian Refugee)) ((IN RUS/UKR))
“I know what it’s like – hear explosions, think before you go to sleep – will I wake up in the morning or will I be killed by a bomb? Or will I wake up under the rubble? // But I understand why she doesn’t want to leave. She just loves her country…”
((NARRATION))
The Terveers also worry and her mother to get out of Ukraine.
((Babette Terveer, Guardian)) ((IN ENG))
“I feel sorry for her and her mom. She calls every day and I said, ‘Please come! You can stay with us too; I want you to be safe! But for her, it’s very important to help people in Kharkiv and animals.”
((NARRATION))
The couple call Diana their Ukrainian daughter. Their oldest daughter lives separately.
((Babette Terveer, Guardian))
“We are really family; we are happy to have a second daughter and she is happy to have a second mother.”
((NARRATION))
Despite the great relationship, Kryvorotko says her heart is in Ukraine.
((Diana Kryvorotko, Ukrainian Refugee)) ((IN UKR))
“I would’ve loved to get an education here and come home. In any case, my goal is to eventually come back. I want to be helping my country.”
((NARRATION))
Kryvorotko says she hopes for the best but knows things will never be the same.
((Khrystyna Shevchenko for VOA News, Düsseldorf, Germany))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Düsseldorf, Germany
BylineKhrystyna Shevchenko
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
