US – Russia Ukraine FEB 25 --WEB
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- US – Russia Ukraine FEB 25 --WEB
- February 26, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English US – RUSSIA – UKRAINE FEB 25 (TV) HEADLINE: US Joins EU in Sanctioning Putin TEASER: NATO activated its defense plans, deploying additional forces to its eastern flank PUBLISHED AT: Friday, 02/25/2022 at 9:45 pm CONTRIBUTOR: Anita Powell DATELINE: White House VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Kimberlyn Weeks SCRIPT EDITORS: BR, Reifenrath, DJ (ok) VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP, AFP, Skype, Zoom PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:35 VID APPROVED BY: Holly Franko TYPE: TV EDITOR NOTES: Radio track included.) ((INTRO: )) [[The United States is joining the European Union in sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top officials. The announcement was made after President Joe Biden participated virtually in an emergency NATO summit where the alliance agreed to activate its Response Force, deploying additional forces to its eastern flank. VOA's White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report.]] ((NARRATOR)) Homes destroyed in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Russia's invasion force leaves a trail of damage in the city … … as residents take shelter in underground metro stations, fearful of further attacks. On Friday, the White House ramped up its pressure on Moscow. ((Radio track: White House press secretary Jen Psaki )) ((Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary)) “Following a telephone conversation President Biden held with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and in alignment with the decision by our European allies, the United States will join them in sanctioning President Putin and Foreign Minister [Sergey] Lavrov and members of the Russian national security team.” ((NARRATOR)) Russian President Vladimir Putin had urged the Ukrainian military to overthrow its government … … while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for resistance, saying that he and his soldiers are in Kyiv to defend the country. In Brussels, Ukrainians protested outside of NATO headquarters on Friday — as leaders of the military alliance, as well as Finland, Sweden and the European Union, convened an emergency summit. ((Radio track: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg)) ((Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General)) "We fully support Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, its right of self-defense, and its right to choose its own path.” ((NARRATOR)) The military alliance activated its defense plans, deploying additional forces to NATO’s eastern flank. ((Radio track: Angela Stent, a senior adviser at the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University, via Skype)) ((Angela Stent, Georgetown University)) ((Mandatory cg: Skype)) “Reinforcing Ukraine's neighbors who are in NATO, we see that happening already. But otherwise, there's not too much because we know that the U.S. and NATO aren't going to get involved in a war with Russia taking place on Ukrainian soil. So there's a limit to what anybody can do.” ((NARRATOR)) U.S. President Joe Biden participated in the NATO summit virtually and also spoke to Zelenskyy. ((NARRATOR)) Earlier this week, Biden deployed more American troops to reassure NATO allies. ((NARRATOR)) Friday’s sanctions on Putin personally are in addition to the latest rounds of Western sanctions slapped against Russia on Thursday. While targeted to Moscow, the sanctions could also hurt Americans economically, and Biden politically. ((Radio track: Norman Ornstein, a senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, via Skype)) ((Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute)) ((Mandatory cg: Skype)) “We have to hope that whatever repercussions there are end up being more in the short term on the economic side, with things like gas prices and food availability and prices, and don't hit more broadly, with cyberattacks on our own banking system or on the electrical grid.” ((NARRATOR)) So far, more than 50,000 Ukrainians have left the country, according to the United Nations, … … with the majority pouring into Poland and Moldova. ((Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, at the White House))
- Transcript/Script US – RUSSIA – UKRAINE FEB 25 (TV) HEADLINE: US Joins EU in Sanctioning Putin TEASER: NATO activated its defense plans, deploying additional forces to its eastern flank PUBLISHED AT: Friday, 02/25/2022 at 9:45 pm CONTRIBUTOR: Anita Powell DATELINE: White House VIDEOGRAPHER: VIDEO EDITOR: Kimberlyn Weeks SCRIPT EDITORS: BR, Reifenrath, DJ (ok) VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP, AFP, Skype, Zoom PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _x_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:35 VID APPROVED BY: Holly Franko TYPE: TV EDITOR NOTES: Radio track included.) ((INTRO: )) [[The United States is joining the European Union in sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top officials. The announcement was made after President Joe Biden participated virtually in an emergency NATO summit where the alliance agreed to activate its Response Force, deploying additional forces to its eastern flank. VOA's White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report.]] ((NARRATOR)) Homes destroyed in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv. Russia's invasion force leaves a trail of damage in the city … … as residents take shelter in underground metro stations, fearful of further attacks. On Friday, the White House ramped up its pressure on Moscow. ((Radio track: White House press secretary Jen Psaki )) ((Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary)) “Following a telephone conversation President Biden held with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and in alignment with the decision by our European allies, the United States will join them in sanctioning President Putin and Foreign Minister [Sergey] Lavrov and members of the Russian national security team.” ((NARRATOR)) Russian President Vladimir Putin had urged the Ukrainian military to overthrow its government … … while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for resistance, saying that he and his soldiers are in Kyiv to defend the country. In Brussels, Ukrainians protested outside of NATO headquarters on Friday — as leaders of the military alliance, as well as Finland, Sweden and the European Union, convened an emergency summit. ((Radio track: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg)) ((Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary-General)) "We fully support Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, its right of self-defense, and its right to choose its own path.” ((NARRATOR)) The military alliance activated its defense plans, deploying additional forces to NATO’s eastern flank. ((Radio track: Angela Stent, a senior adviser at the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University, via Skype)) ((Angela Stent, Georgetown University)) ((Mandatory cg: Skype)) “Reinforcing Ukraine's neighbors who are in NATO, we see that happening already. But otherwise, there's not too much because we know that the U.S. and NATO aren't going to get involved in a war with Russia taking place on Ukrainian soil. So there's a limit to what anybody can do.” ((NARRATOR)) U.S. President Joe Biden participated in the NATO summit virtually and also spoke to Zelenskyy. ((NARRATOR)) Earlier this week, Biden deployed more American troops to reassure NATO allies. ((NARRATOR)) Friday’s sanctions on Putin personally are in addition to the latest rounds of Western sanctions slapped against Russia on Thursday. While targeted to Moscow, the sanctions could also hurt Americans economically, and Biden politically. ((Radio track: Norman Ornstein, a senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute, via Skype)) ((Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute)) ((Mandatory cg: Skype)) “We have to hope that whatever repercussions there are end up being more in the short term on the economic side, with things like gas prices and food availability and prices, and don't hit more broadly, with cyberattacks on our own banking system or on the electrical grid.” ((NARRATOR)) So far, more than 50,000 Ukrainians have left the country, according to the United Nations, … … with the majority pouring into Poland and Moldova. ((Patsy Widakuswara, VOA News, at the White House))
- NewsML Media Topics Conflict, War and Peace, Politics
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date February 25, 2022 22:00 EST
- Description English The United States is joining the European Union in sanctioning Russian President Vladimir Putin and his top officials. The announcement was made after President Joe Biden participated virtually in an emergency NATO summit where the alliance agreed to activate its Response Force, deploying additional forces to its eastern flank. VOA's White House Bureau Chief Patsy Widakuswara has this report.
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English