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((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Ukraine Energy System USAID – Kukurika
HEADLINE: USAID helps parts of Ukraine become energy independent
TEASER:
PUBLISHED AT:06/xx/2024
BYLINE: Tetiana Kukurika
CONTRIBUTOR:
DATELINE: Khmelnytskyi Region, Ukraine
VIDEOGRAPHER: Sergiy Rybchynski
VIDEO EDITOR: Vitaliy Hrychanyuk, Anna Rice
SCRIPT EDITORS: KEnochs; Baragona
VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, Story Hunter
PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __
TRT: 2:10
VID APPROVED BY: KE
TYPE: TVPKG
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((INTRO))
[[Russian shelling continues to degrade Ukraine’s energy system. Some parts of the country now have access to electricity for just a few hours a day. New generators aim to help supply residents with power and hot water. Tetiana Kukurika has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.]]
((NARRATION))
((NATS)) ((Teacher at a daycare singing with kids)) ((UKR, but doesn’t need voicing))
“Rain falls and grass grows…”
((NARRATION))
For this preschool in the Khmelnytskyi region, getting hot water has been a challenge. There is currently no centralized hot water supply in the area, so each educational institution was looking for a suitable alternative.
((Evheniya Kalyniuk, Preschool Director)) ((UKR))
“We did have hot water, but after the full-scale invasion and with blackouts and power outages, we decided to install additional boilers. But maintaining them was becoming very expensive…”
((NARRATION))
Today, however, all educational institutions in the area have access to hot water.
The Kamianets-Podilskyi utility company received four natural gas driven engines that generate electricity and hot water.
((Oleksandr Pokhylko, Miskteplovodenergia General Director)) ((UKR))
“Thanks to the quality of the equipment, we were able to reach the maximum the equipment allows in a very short time.”
((NARRATION))
The four units work together to provide enough energy to power critical infrastructure and supply hot water to heat every home in the region.
((Mykhailo Positko, Kamianets-Podilskyi Mayor)) ((UKR))
“What we had to deal with before – our residents, Ukrainians, spending hours and hours without electricity – it was a huge challenge. So, what we have now allows us to improve the situation in the community dramatically.”
((NARRATOR))
The US Agency for International Development, or USAID, supplied the units. Positko says the help was vital.
((Mykhailo Positko, Kamianets-Podilskyi Mayor)) ((UKR))
“Taking into account the cost of four such generators – which is over 4 million euro – of course the Kamianets-Podilskyi city budget would have never been enough to purchase them…”
((NARRATION))
Positko says the generators will be a big help for this city of 100,000 people.
((Mykhailo Positko, Kamianets-Podilskyi Mayor)) ((UKR))
“This allows us to save a lot of money from the city budget. // We plan to use the electricity to light our streets, to channel it to the critical infrastructure facilities, to heat our social institutions…”
((NARRATION))
The city authorities say these generators will allow the city residents to have hot water this summer and not be worried about staying warm in the coming winter.
((For Tetiana Kukurika in the Khmelnytskyi Region, Ukraine, Anna Rice, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
Subtitles / Dubbing AvailableNo
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateJuly 3, 2024 09:04 EDT
BylineTetiana Kukurika
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
