US-Russia-Ukraine WEB
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- US-Russia-Ukraine WEB
- June 28, 2023
- U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken say Saturday's armed rebellion in Russia shows that President Vladimir Putin is clearly losing the war in Ukraine and highlights the stark contrast between Putin's grand ambitions when he started the war and where his army stands now. VOA's Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.
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- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: US-Russia-Ukraine HEADLINE: US: Prigozhin’s Mutiny Shows Putin’s War in Ukraine Has Failed TEASER: Putin's decision to go to war with Ukraine has "destroyed the future of a whole generation of Russians," one analyst says PUBLISHED AT: 6/28/2023 at BYLINE: Cindy Saine CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Jepsen, Reifenrath DJ(ok) VIDEO SOURCE (S): Saine Zoom interview, AFP, Reuters, AP, MRT)) PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: TV,R PKG EDITOR NOTES: 432 words )) ((INTRO: )) [[U.S. President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken say Saturday's armed rebellion in Russia shows that President Vladimir Putin is clearly losing the war in Ukraine and highlights the stark contrast between Putin's grand ambitions when he started the war and where his army stands now. VOA's Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.]] ((Video: AFP V045_33KQ998 SLUG 1ST - IMAGES - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - CONFLICT - WAGNER - ARMY Creation date 6/24/2023 City/Country Rostov-on-Don, Russia: 4. 00:26-00:31 Wide shot military vehicle parked in alleyway of large building in Rostov-on-Don 5. 00:31-00:39 Mid shot soldiers sit on armored vehicle in street, spectators watch on in a group)) ((NARRATOR)) The United States has been cautious in its response to events in Russia Saturday, when the Wagner mercenary group took control of key military sites and headed toward Moscow to oust Russia’s top military leaders until its leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, abruptly called off the mutiny. ((Video: Biden SOT: AFP V000_33LE7A4 SLUG 1ST - IMAGES - US - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - POLITICS - CONFLICT Creation date 6/28/2023)) President Joe Biden said although it was too early to tell how much Russian President Vladimir Putin had been weakened by the armed rebellion, he is clearly losing the war in Ukraine. ((President Joe Biden)) “He's losing the war at home, and he has become a bit of a pariah around the world. It's not just NATO, it's not just the European Union, it's Japan, you know, it's 40 nations.” ((Video: Blinken set-up shots: MRT 00:17:17;21 MRT BLINKEN intro BROLL)) ((NARRATOR)) Secretary of State Antony Blinken agreed, pointing to the stark contrast between Potin’s ambitions when he started the war and where he finds himself today. ((Video: Blinken SOT: MRT 00:32:17;12 MRT BLINKEN this aggression against ukraine has been a failure for putin)) ((Antony Blinken, Secretary of State)) “It is genuinely extraordinary that we've gone from a place where we were 16 months ago, where you had Russian forces on the outskirts of Kyiv. // To a place where we were this weekend, where you have forces moving on Russia’s capital, Moscow. Mercenaries of Putin’s making. That, in a way, encapsulates the extent to which this aggression against Ukraine has been a failure across the board for Putin." ((Video: AFP V000_33L78MT SLUG RAW - RUSSIA - WAGNER - MERCENARY - UKRAINE - CONFLICT - PUTIN Creation date 6/27/2023City/Country Moscow, Russia-Putin arrives to speak to military leaders)) ((NARRATOR)) One analyst told VOA that Putin is now trying to project strength because he knows Prigozhin undermined his authority. ((Heather Ashby SOT 1: https://app.frame.io/projects/ae30dd8f-b6c4-418a-b02d-530603115a58 TC: 7:30)) [[Radio Intro: Heather Ashby is with the United States Institute of Peace. She spoke to VOA via Zoom.]] ((Heather Ashby, United States Institute of Peace)) ((Zoom)) "It demonstrated how hollow some of the government structures are because there wasn't significant military resistance to what Prigozhin was doing, more in the sense of people putting their hands up and just letting it happen to a degree." ((Video: more B-roll of Putin)) ((NARRATOR)) Ashby agreed with Biden and Blinken that Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has dealt a blow to Russia. ((Heather Ashby SOT 2: https://app.frame.io/projects/ae30dd8f-b6c4-418a-b02d-530603115a58 TC: 9:22)) ((Heather Ashby, United States Institute of Peace)) ((Zoom Courtesy)) "It's been a strategic disaster for the Russian state, the Russian government. It has essentially destroyed the future of a whole generation of Russians, not only those who have died in this pointless and senseless war against the Ukrainians, but also those who have left the country, those who are going to be hindered by the sanctions..." ((Video: photo of Prigozhin: AFP V000_33L2876 SLUG RAW - RUSSIA - WAGNER - MERCENARY - UKRAINE - CONFLICT - PRIGOZHIN Creation date 6/26/2023-OVER TO LUKASHENKO speaking-AFP V000_33L62RQ SLUG RAW - BELARUS - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - CONFLICT - WAGNER - PRIGOZHIN - PUTIN - LUKASHENKO Creation date 6/27/2023-over to B-roll of Red Square in Moscow)) ((NARRATOR)) Prigozhin arrived in Belarus on Tuesday at the invitation of President Alexander Lukashenko, a Putin ally who claimed that he had to talk the Russian leader out of killing Prigozhin in retribution for the Wagner Group’s advance on Moscow last Saturday. Cindy Saine, VOA News
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- Embargo Date June 28, 2023 19:58 EDT
- Byline Cindy Saine
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English