US Russia Ukraine WEB
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- US Russia Ukraine WEB
- January 14, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: US-Russia-Ukraine HEADLINE: US Says Russia Preparing a ‘False Flag’ Operation to Justify Invading Ukraine TEASER: Talks aimed at defusing the crisis over Russian troops amassed at the Ukraine border are deadlocked PUBLISHED AT: 1/14/2022 at 640pm BYLINE: Cindy Saine CONTRIBUTOR: Danila Galperovich DATELINE: VIDEOGRAPHER: PRODUCER: SCRIPT EDITORS: Bowman; KE VIDEO SOURCE (S): Skype video interviews, AP, AFP, Reuters, MRT PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 3:16 VID APPROVED BY: Sue Jepsen TYPE: EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO: A flurry of security talks in Europe this week aimed at defusing the crisis over Russian troops massed at the border with Ukraine have ended with no breakthrough. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says Washington and its allies are now "ready for any contingency" to deal with Moscow's actions, as Ukraine suffered a massive cyberattack on government websites overnight. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports.)) ((Video: AFP V045_9W72U7 SLUG1ST - IMAGES - UKRAINE - CYBERATTACK - DEFENCE - INTERNET - HACKING - DIPLOMACY Creation date1/14/2022: EXTERIORS OF UKRAINE’S FOREIGN MINISTRY)) ((NARRATOR)) A sweeping cyberattack briefly took down Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry website and other government websites Friday, displaying a warning to Ukrainians “All information about you has become public, be afraid and expect the worst.” The White House says it has been briefed by Ukraine and is supporting Kyiv but has yet to identify a culprit. Analysts say the cyberattack appears consistent with others committed by Russian actors at times of heightened tensions with Russia’s neighbors, and may be meant to intimidate. ((Video: MRT B-roll from today’s WH briefing, over to Psaki SOT: https://app.frame.io/projects/107d8a33-963a-48f0-9001-585725df7d34/61af5142-378c-484f-b3bc-c42e4b821184)) The White House also confirmed reports that the U.S. has intelligence that Russia is already preparing a so-called false flag operation, an attack against its own proxy forces in eastern Ukraine in order to justify another invasion of the country. ((Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary)) “We have information that indicates Russia has already prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine. The operatives are trained in urban warfare and using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against Russia’s own proxy forces.” ((Video: AFP V045_9W67WU SLUG1ST - IMAGES - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - MILITARY - DRILLS Creation date1/14/2022: AGES (01:09) 1. Wide shot tank rolling during drills 2. Close-up Russian soldier taking a shell 3. High angle shot Russian soldiers manipulating shells during drills)) ((NARRATOR)) Talks this week aimed at defusing the border crisis did not produce a breakthrough, and Russia’s defense ministry Friday released video showing Russian tanks and infantry carrying out firing drills near the city of Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia near Ukraine. On Thursday, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sounded a resolute tone after the flurry of talks ended without a breakthrough. ((Video: Sullivan SOT in Frame, Central Published Thursday: https://app.frame.io/player/f7fc50c3-5bcb-4876-a510-43d1fea185ac)) ((Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor)) “The United States and our allies are prepared for any contingency, any eventuality. We are prepared to keep moving forward down the diplomatic path in good faith, and we are prepared to respond if Russia acts. Beyond that, all we can do is get ready, and we are ready.” ((VIDEO AFP V000_9W44XN SLUGRAW - AUSTRIA - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - US - NATO - DIPLOMACY - OSCE - LUKASHEVICH Creation date1/13/2022, Alexander Lukashevich, Russia's permanent representative to the OSCE (male, Russian, 25 sec)) ((NARRATOR)) Russia says it did not hear any “adequate answer” to its demands that NATO promise to never admit Ukraine or any other former Soviet republics as new members. With border tensions unresolved, Michael Kimmage of the German Marshall Fund told VOA the U.S. must be ready for multiple scenarios. ((Video: Kimmage SOT in Frame, VOA Video Share: https://app.frame.io/player/13cbfa59-7a7d-4ff5-bd0a-2d468a9c0248 TC: 00:02:39 - 00:03:32)) ((Michael Kimmage, German Marshall Fund)) Skype Logo “It's not just diplomacy on the one hand and an outright war on the other. There are a lot of in-between scenarios as well. In some ways, the cyberattacks point us in that direction. So, it's probably a dozen scenarios that the White House should be looking at. And I'm sure that they're taking a careful look at all of them.” ((Video: winter US Capitol exterior scenes, over to Senator Cardin SOT: https://app.frame.io/player/bf4d0983-1ace-4b7d-a44b-bd004440f2fc TC: 00:00:36 - 00:01:17)) ((NARRATOR)) Meanwhile, Senate Democrats have introduced legislation that would impose sanctions on top Russian officials and Russia’s banking sector if Moscow invades Ukraine, as Democratic Senator Ben Cardin told VOA. ((Senator Ben Cardin, Democrat)). Skype Logo “So, this is a clear indication of congressional support for the strongest possible sanctions, including personal sanctions on the president of Russia, if in fact, he further violates the sovereignty of Ukraine.” ((Video: more Russian defense ministry video of military drills: AFP V045_9W67WU SLUG1ST - IMAGES - RUSSIA - UKRAINE - MILITARY - DRILLS Creation date1/14/2022: AGES (01:09) 10. Wide shot military tank firing during drills 11. Mid shot Russian soldier talking through walkie-talkie during drills 12. Wide shot military tanks rolling during drills)) ((NARRATOR)) Senate Democrats say another Russian invasion of Ukraine would trigger war crimes and widespread human rights violations. Cindy Saine, VOA News
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- Embargo Date January 14, 2022 18:57 EST
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