UKR 1YR Occupation Part 1 USAGM
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- UKR 1YR Occupation Part 1 USAGM
- February 13, 2023
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English UKRAINE ANNIVERSARY COVERAGE USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: UKR 1YR: OCCUPATION HEAD: Fighting in Ukraine's Kherson Province Has Left Residents Devastated SUBHEAD: Since invading Ukraine a year ago, the Russians have won and lost Kherson and destroyed many lives in the process PUBLISHED: 2/13/2023 at 8:05am BYLINE: Heather Murdock DATELINE: KHERSON OBLAST, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Yan Boechat VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: Tom Turco, Reifenrath, DJ (ok) VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA ORIGINAL PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:37 VID APPROVED BY: sam TYPE: TVPKG/RADIO EDITOR NOTES: This TV package is Part 1 of a 3-part series by Heather Murdock, part of our anniversary coverage mid to late Feb. An accompanying web piece and pictures will follow.)) ((INTRO)) [Over the past year of war, Russia has occupied and lost vast swaths of Ukraine, and it now appears to be attempting to retake some of the same territory. Families remaining in the areas under fire say the losses they have already suffered have been enormous. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from the Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.]] ((NARRATOR)) When it was occupied by Russia last year, this village, Pravdyne, in the Kherson Oblast, was surrounded by the Ukrainian army and engaged in fierce fighting. ((FOR RADIO: This is Victor Sasunovich, a resident of Pravdyne village.)) ((Victor Sasunovich, Pravdyne Resident)) ((Male in Ukrainian)) “The front line passed right here. The Russians stood here, all over the street.” ((NARRATOR)) Much of the area has been destroyed or laden with mines, but Ukraine now controls the province. Dummies set up by Russian troops to scare Ukrainian forces now stand guard against no one — a reminder that on the ground, even high-tech war mostly consists of young men fighting to survive. ((Heather Murdock, VOA News)) “This is the airport just outside the city of Kherson. The level of destruction here is breathtaking.” ((NARRATOR)) Each side has attacked the airport multiple times. Both would rather see it in ruins than be useful to the enemy. Inside this provincial capital, street signs declare Kherson a “Hero City!” and say “Family, you are free!” Bombs still fall day and night, but most of the city still stands. Locals say the vast majority of residents fled long ago. Some escaped when Russian took over. Others left with the Russians when Ukraine took the city back. Russian forces are only a few kilometers away, and the people remaining say they have nowhere to go, or they have been displaced from even more dangerous places. ((FOR RADIO: Olena Ignatenko, a displaced person in Kherson:)) ((Olena Ignatenko, Displaced Person)) ((Female, Ukrainian)) “We have been here in Kherson for half a year and have only been to our home once. Now there is no road because the bridge was destroyed.” ((NARRATOR)) Ignatenko is also from Pravdyne, where most homes are empty or destroyed. ((FOR RADIO: Again, Victor Sasunovich of Pravdyne)) ((Victor Sasunovich, Pravdyne Resident)) ((Male in Ukrainian)) “There were many worse days here. We were fired upon many times. I fixed the windows over and over again before the house was destroyed. So, there were many worse days here. The very worst day was when I saw Russian tanks entering the village.” ((NARRATOR)) Now only remnants of Russian tanks remain in the village, but Sasunovich says that is little comfort when so much has been lost. ((STANDUP)) “And after a full year of war here in Ukraine, locals say that even if it ends tomorrow, the devastation here is enormous.” ((Heather Murdock, VOA News, Kherson, Ukraine))
- Transcript/Script UKRAINE ANNIVERSARY COVERAGE USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: UKR 1YR: OCCUPATION HEAD: Fighting in Ukraine's Kherson Province Has Left Residents Devastated SUBHEAD: Since invading Ukraine a year ago, the Russians have won and lost Kherson and destroyed many lives in the process PUBLISHED: 2/13/2023 at 8:05am BYLINE: Heather Murdock DATELINE: KHERSON OBLAST, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Yan Boechat VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: Tom Turco, Reifenrath, DJ (ok) VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA ORIGINAL PLATFORMS: WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO _X_ TRT: 2:37 VID APPROVED BY: sam TYPE: TVPKG/RADIO EDITOR NOTES: This TV package is Part 1 of a 3-part series by Heather Murdock, part of our anniversary coverage mid to late Feb. An accompanying web piece and pictures will follow.)) ((INTRO)) [Over the past year of war, Russia has occupied and lost vast swaths of Ukraine, and it now appears to be attempting to retake some of the same territory. Families remaining in the areas under fire say the losses they have already suffered have been enormous. VOA’s Heather Murdock reports from the Kherson Oblast in Ukraine.]] ((NARRATOR)) When it was occupied by Russia last year, this village, Pravdyne, in the Kherson Oblast, was surrounded by the Ukrainian army and engaged in fierce fighting. ((FOR RADIO: This is Victor Sasunovich, a resident of Pravdyne village.)) ((Victor Sasunovich, Pravdyne Resident)) ((Male in Ukrainian)) “The front line passed right here. The Russians stood here, all over the street.” ((NARRATOR)) Much of the area has been destroyed or laden with mines, but Ukraine now controls the province. Dummies set up by Russian troops to scare Ukrainian forces now stand guard against no one — a reminder that on the ground, even high-tech war mostly consists of young men fighting to survive. ((Heather Murdock, VOA News)) “This is the airport just outside the city of Kherson. The level of destruction here is breathtaking.” ((NARRATOR)) Each side has attacked the airport multiple times. Both would rather see it in ruins than be useful to the enemy. Inside this provincial capital, street signs declare Kherson a “Hero City!” and say “Family, you are free!” Bombs still fall day and night, but most of the city still stands. Locals say the vast majority of residents fled long ago. Some escaped when Russian took over. Others left with the Russians when Ukraine took the city back. Russian forces are only a few kilometers away, and the people remaining say they have nowhere to go, or they have been displaced from even more dangerous places. ((FOR RADIO: Olena Ignatenko, a displaced person in Kherson:)) ((Olena Ignatenko, Displaced Person)) ((Female, Ukrainian)) “We have been here in Kherson for half a year and have only been to our home once. Now there is no road because the bridge was destroyed.” ((NARRATOR)) Ignatenko is also from Pravdyne, where most homes are empty or destroyed. ((FOR RADIO: Again, Victor Sasunovich of Pravdyne)) ((Victor Sasunovich, Pravdyne Resident)) ((Male in Ukrainian)) “There were many worse days here. We were fired upon many times. I fixed the windows over and over again before the house was destroyed. So, there were many worse days here. The very worst day was when I saw Russian tanks entering the village.” ((NARRATOR)) Now only remnants of Russian tanks remain in the village, but Sasunovich says that is little comfort when so much has been lost. ((STANDUP)) “And after a full year of war here in Ukraine, locals say that even if it ends tomorrow, the devastation here is enormous.” ((Heather Murdock, VOA News, Kherson, Ukraine))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date February 13, 2023 08:48 EST
- Byline Heather Murdock
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America