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Transcript/Script US-RUSSIA-UKRAINE-FEB-26
HEADLINE: US Sending More Military Aid to Ukraine
TEASER: Experts tell VOA that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has won respect and admiration around the world for his handling of the Russian invasion, while Russian President Vladimir Putin finds himself increasingly isolated
PUBLISHED AT: 02/26/2022 at 8:20pm
BYLINE: Cindy Saine
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[[ The United States has announced it is sending additional military assistance to Ukraine, including anti-tank and air defense capabilities. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy implored the world to help his people resist a full-scale Russian invasion, saying it is imperative to hold on to the capital city, Kyiv. VOA's Senior Diplomatic Correspondent Cindy Saine reports. ]]
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In the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, authorities imposed a day and night curfew until Monday morning after Russian forces entered the city. Earlier Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought to reassure his people that he is still in Kyiv and asked them to hang on and resist Russian occupation.
((VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY, UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT -- in Ukrainian with English Sub-titles))
"I am here. We are not putting down arms. We will be defending our country, because our weapon is truth, and our truth is that this is our land, our country, our children, and we will defend all of this."
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Zelenskyy has united Ukrainians behind him, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor told VOA.
((WILLIAM TAYLOR, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE)) ((Skype Video Logo))
“He is stepping up, standing up, leading his nation, people are falling in behind him, people are supporting him, opposition leaders, civil society, the military obviously is proud to be led.”
Meanwhile, hundreds of anti-war protesters braved arrest Saturday in Yekaterinburg and other Russian cities, chanting, “no to war!”
This shows that Russian President Vladimir Putin is losing the public information side of the war, Bill Browder of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign told VOA.
((BILL BROWDER, GLOBAL MAGNITSKY JUSTICE CAMPAIGN)) ((Skype Video Logo))
“Now, all the major countries have sanctioned Putin and and people in Russia are not happy about this. You have demonstrations going on in Russia. All of the apologists in
the West, all the people that Putin has cultivated and paid, are all abandoning him one after the other. I mean he's totally isolated now, even China, his partner in this thing, are kind of trying to distance themselves from him.”
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Saturday the U.S. will provide an additional $350 million in military assistance to Ukraine to help it defend its sovereignty. Ambassador Taylor welcomed the move.
((WILLIAM TAYLOR, UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE)) ((Skype Video Logo))
“So here's another 350 million [dollars] in body armor, which is necessary to protect people that are fighting anti-tank weapons, like the Javelin anti-aircraft weapons, like Stingers.”))
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Pentagon officials say that so far, Ukraine is fighting back harder than Russia had anticipated.
((Cindy Saine, VOA News, Washington))
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Embargo DateFebruary 27, 2022 14:33 EST
BylineCindy Saine
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