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Transcript/Script US Russia Ukraine Feb 23
HEADLINE: Kyiv Declares State of Emergency as US Fears Full-Scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine
TEASER: As Ukraine declares a nationwide state of emergency, top US officials paint a devastating picture of what a full-scale Russian invasion of its smaller neighbor would look like
PUBLISHED: 02/23/2022 at 905p
BYLINE: Cindy Saine
CONTRIBUTOR: Nataliya Robert
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[[Top American officials painted a grim picture of what a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine would look like, as Ukraine declared a nationwide state of emergency starting midnight Thursday. Pentagon officials say Russia has everything in place for a large-scale invasion. VOA’s senior diplomatic correspondent Cindy Saine reports.]]
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City/CountryKYIV, UKRAINE: Zelenskyy being introduced with the Polish and Lithuanian leaders, over to recent footage of Russian tanks, Forces at the border))
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Ukraine is bracing for the worst, declaring a nationwide state of emergency Thursday for 30 days. On Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked for urgent security guarantees from the West in the face of tens of thousands of Russian troops surrounding Ukraine from all sides and in forward positions, ready to attack.
State Department spokesperson Ned Price warned if Russia invades, it will likely not just be a war for territory.
((Video: Ned Price SOT: https://app.frame.io/player/544b259f-a9e1-4646-8969-211226d58ae0))
((Ned Price, State Department Spokesperson))
“You have the national security adviser make the case that this would be a war
raged against the Ukrainian people. To subjugate them, to crush them, to exact in many ways, revenge. This is what we want to prevent.”
((Video: Linda Thomas-Greenfield SOT: https://app.frame.io/player/5949a925-4840-4c6a-a9ad-61f3fa6d0d36))
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At the United Nations, the U.S. ambassador also had a grave warning.
((Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations))
“Of course, ordinary Russians should be asking how many Russian lives Putin is willing to sacrifice to feed his ambitions. If Russia continues down this path, it could — according to our estimates — create a new refugee crisis, one of the largest facing the world today, with as many as 5 million more people displaced by Russia’s war of choice.”
((Video: B-roll from 2.22 of Biden speaking to the nation from the podium at the White House))
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President Joe Biden announced a tranche of sanctions designed to hit Russia’s financial system, and experts say more sanctions could come in waves, instead of one big tsunami.
[Radio intro: Bill Taylor is with the United States Institute of Peace and is a former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine.]
((Video: Bill Taylor SOT: https://app.frame.io/player/9f7e93a4-2952-4625-8c30-915daaa29cef TC: 00:02:29 - 00:03:03)
((Bill Taylor, United States Institute of Peace)) Skype Video Logo
“Mr. Putin invaded yesterday without engaging Ukrainian forces, and he's paying a price. The sanctions are exacting a price on him. If he engages further and starts to engage Russian forces in a battle with Ukrainian forces, then President Biden and the West will impose even heavier sanctions, even heavier sanctions.”
((Video: file footage of street scenes of Moscow, Red Square))
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Experts told VOA if there is full-scale war that is prolonged, it will likely not be popular in Russia.
[Radio intro: Donald Jensen is with the United States Institute of Peace. He spoke to VOA.]
((Video: Donald Jensen SOT: https://app.frame.io/player/1d85fa2c-f59d-4001-93b5-787fccf7b3f4 TC: 00:02:31 - 00:03:44))
((Donald Jensen, United States Institute of Peace)) ((Mandatory credit: Skype))
“The average Russian does not want war. The average Russian feels, I would say, friendship towards the Ukrainian people. However, the Kremlin's propaganda narrative has prepared the ground, as they say, and they focused on the NATO involvement in Ukraine as a threat to Russian security.”
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City/CountryMOSCOW, RUSSIA: Putin lays a wreath at a tomb in Moscow))
((NARRATOR))
In a video address Wednesday to the Russian people to mark the “Defender of the Fatherland Day,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is always ready to look for diplomatic solutions but stressed that Russia’s interests and the security of its citizens are “non-negotiable.”
((Cindy Saine, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateFebruary 23, 2022 22:37 EST
BylineCindy Saine
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
