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German Farmer in Ukraine Fights to Keep Business, Help Military
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PLAYBOOK SLUG: TV Ukraine German Farmer – Kosstutschenko
HEADLINE: German Farmer in Ukraine Fights to Keep Business, Help Military
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT: 08/02/2023 at 8:35am
BYLINE: Anna Kosstutschenko
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Kyiv region, Ukraine
VIDEOGRAPHER: Pavel Suhodolskiy
VIDEO EDITOR: Pavel Suhodolskiy
SCRIPT EDITORS: KEnochs; MAS
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Story Hunter
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:11
TYPE: TVPKG
VID APPROVED BY: Reifenrath
EDITOR NOTES:
((INTRO))
[[When Russia left the Black Sea grain deal in July, it began to continuously shell the port city of Odesa. For Ukrainian farmers working there, it was just another challenge as they try to make a living during wartime. Anna Kosstutschenko has more from the Kyiv region.]]
((NARRATION))
German native Dietrich Treis has been an independent consultant on farming and agriculture in Ukraine since
((Mandatory courtesy: Dietrich Treis))
2005.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, he decided to stay in the country, despite the risks and has been supporting Ukraine’s armed forces since day one of the war. In late June, his company organized a charity event to support Ukraine’s military.
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((Dietrich Treis, DTC Agri-Consulting)) ((ENG))
“Money went to buy drones, I personally contributed.”
((NARRATION))
Treis grew up at a farm in Bavaria. He came to Ukraine in 1999 for the first time – and fell in love with the country. In 2017, he started working with а German-Ukrainian agricultural project of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. He has been used to transporting his grain to the world via the Black Sea. But Russian shelling is making the difficult, and transporting grain over land is more expensive.
((Dietrich Treis, DTC Agri-Consulting)) ((ENG))
“If it takes long, and port facilities are destroyed, then we – not only our farm, but all Ukrainian farmers – will be in trouble.”
((NARRATION))
Treis calculates that his company could lose about a million dollars solely because of the switch to land transportation. He also worries Russian forces might destroy the grain that is sitting in ports.
((Dietrich Treis, DTC Agri-Consulting)) ((ENG))
“At this time next year, I have to have empty stores to store my new harvest; I can store grain for two years without it spoiling, but I don't have the storage for the next harvest.”
((NARRATION))
Russia’s leaving the grain deal affected the global market. But, he says, poor countries are feeling the biggest impact.
((Dietrich Treis, DTC Agri-Consulting)) ((ENG))
“The poor people of the world will suffer for a long time.”
((NARRATION))
Despite the war and the unpredictability of the export situation, Treis says he has no plans to leave Ukraine.
((For Anna Kosstutschenko in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Anna Rice, VOA News))
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