Ukraine Nova Kozacha WEB
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- Ukraine Nova Kozacha WEB
- February 16, 2023
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Ukraine Nova Kozacha (TV) HEADLINE: War Splits Loves Ones Straddling Ukraine, Russia Border TEASER: Just six kilometers from the Russia border, war splits many families in Ukrainian town of Nova Kozacha PUBLISHED AT: 02/16/2023 at 10:40AM BYLINE: Yan Boechat CONTRIBUTOR: Artur Chupryhin DATELINE: Nova Kozacha, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Yan Boechat VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, sv VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB _x_ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:36 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: ((INTRO)) [[In the Ukrainian village of Nova Kozacha – just six kilometers from Russia – war has brought death, destruction and separated families on both sides of the border. As Yan Boechat reports from Nova Kozacha, most people in this town have been separated from loved ones.]] ((NARRATOR:)) A lifeless sunflower field near the Ukrainian village of Nova Kozacha, about six kilometers from the border with Russia. It’s one of many along a railway that connects Kharkiv – about 40 kilometers away - to Moscow. Since Russia launched its war in Ukraine, the war has brought death and destruction here, as in many places around the country. The fields of flowers were not harvested as usual. Now, they are filled with mines. Before, residents easily crossed into Russia to visit close family, friends and other loved ones who live just across the border. But the border is closed now because of the war, and it seems they are a world apart. ((Ludmila, Nova Kozacha Resident Female, Russian)). "Once a week we get to text each other, if we have Internet." ((NARRATOR:)) Ludmila’s husband is in Russia. She has not seen him since August. ((Ludmila, Nova Kozacha Resident Female, Russian)). “I still can’t believe neighbors are at war. I never imagined this.” ((NARRATOR:)) In Nova Kozacha, practically everyone has a friend, relative or loved one in Russia. In this border region, between two historically and culturally linked countries, locals say there is a natural symbiosis between the two sides. ((VOA VIDEO)) ((NARRATOR:)) Oleg Moloskniy is the son of a Ukrainian mother and a Russian father. He has lived in this area his entire life, with family on both sides of the border. He says the war has left him numb. ((Oleg Moloskniy, Nova Kozacha Resident - male, Russian)). "I think I don’t feel anything anymore. I don’t care. Either they are alive or not, you see. That’s over, simply over.” ((NARRATOR:)) He has lived in Nova Kozacha with his wife and mother-in-law, Olga Yefremova, since Russia invaded Ukraine. Yefremova believes her other daughter and daughter’s family were sent to Russia after the war started, but she is not sure. ((Olga Yefremova, Nova Kozacha Resident (Female, Russian)) "I don’t know exactly, somewhere to Russia or even another place, I don’t know where they ended up.” ((NARRATOR:)) With Moscow amassing troops across the border, locals like Ludmila fear Russian soldiers will return soon and the war will grow worse. ((Ludmila, Nova Kozacha Resident (Female, Russian)). "I have this feeling they will be back. I guess it won’t end that easily.” Yan Boechat, from Nova Kozacha, Ukraine, for VOA NEWS
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Ukraine Nova Kozacha (TV) HEADLINE: War Splits Loves Ones Straddling Ukraine, Russia Border TEASER: Just six kilometers from the Russia border, war splits many families in Ukrainian town of Nova Kozacha PUBLISHED AT: 02/16/2023 at 10:40AM BYLINE: Yan Boechat CONTRIBUTOR: Artur Chupryhin DATELINE: Nova Kozacha, Ukraine VIDEOGRAPHER: Yan Boechat VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: MAS, sv VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB _x_ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:36 VID APPROVED BY: MAS TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: ((INTRO)) [[In the Ukrainian village of Nova Kozacha – just six kilometers from Russia – war has brought death, destruction and separated families on both sides of the border. As Yan Boechat reports from Nova Kozacha, most people in this town have been separated from loved ones.]] ((NARRATOR:)) A lifeless sunflower field near the Ukrainian village of Nova Kozacha, about six kilometers from the border with Russia. It’s one of many along a railway that connects Kharkiv – about 40 kilometers away - to Moscow. Since Russia launched its war in Ukraine, the war has brought death and destruction here, as in many places around the country. The fields of flowers were not harvested as usual. Now, they are filled with mines. Before, residents easily crossed into Russia to visit close family, friends and other loved ones who live just across the border. But the border is closed now because of the war, and it seems they are a world apart. ((Ludmila, Nova Kozacha Resident Female, Russian)). "Once a week we get to text each other, if we have Internet." ((NARRATOR:)) Ludmila’s husband is in Russia. She has not seen him since August. ((Ludmila, Nova Kozacha Resident Female, Russian)). “I still can’t believe neighbors are at war. I never imagined this.” ((NARRATOR:)) In Nova Kozacha, practically everyone has a friend, relative or loved one in Russia. In this border region, between two historically and culturally linked countries, locals say there is a natural symbiosis between the two sides. ((VOA VIDEO)) ((NARRATOR:)) Oleg Moloskniy is the son of a Ukrainian mother and a Russian father. He has lived in this area his entire life, with family on both sides of the border. He says the war has left him numb. ((Oleg Moloskniy, Nova Kozacha Resident - male, Russian)). "I think I don’t feel anything anymore. I don’t care. Either they are alive or not, you see. That’s over, simply over.” ((NARRATOR:)) He has lived in Nova Kozacha with his wife and mother-in-law, Olga Yefremova, since Russia invaded Ukraine. Yefremova believes her other daughter and daughter’s family were sent to Russia after the war started, but she is not sure. ((Olga Yefremova, Nova Kozacha Resident (Female, Russian)) "I don’t know exactly, somewhere to Russia or even another place, I don’t know where they ended up.” ((NARRATOR:)) With Moscow amassing troops across the border, locals like Ludmila fear Russian soldiers will return soon and the war will grow worse. ((Ludmila, Nova Kozacha Resident (Female, Russian)). "I have this feeling they will be back. I guess it won’t end that easily.” Yan Boechat, from Nova Kozacha, Ukraine, for VOA NEWS
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date February 16, 2023 10:55 EST
- Byline Yan Boechat
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America