Kyiv residents react after the US passes billions in aid for Ukraine

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++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: ETHNIC SLUR IN SHOT 3++

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Kyiv - 21 April 2024
1. Various of destroyed Russian tanks on St. Michael Square
2. Wide of woman walking with a dog
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Kateryna Ruda, local resident: ++CONTAINS ETHNIC SLUR++
"I heard our president officially say that we can lose the war without this help. Thanks very much and yesterday was a great event. I hope that we will finally drive these 'katsaps' (ethnic slur) out of our lands and stronger countries will help us."
4. Wide of people in square
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Yulia Mischenko, Kharkiv resident:
"We ourselves are from Kharkiv, we are constantly under shelling. The last attack was the strongest one recently in the Shevchenko district near our house. Our windows were blown (out), we suffered a lot. We would be very happy if they closed the sky and helped our country more and more. We really need this now."
6. Various of monument of Ukrainian Princess Olha of Kyiv in bulletproof vest
7. Various of Tatyana Ryavchenuk's family who came to commemorate their brother who was killed in the war
8. Close of memorial
9. Mid of child touching the portrait of her killed godfather
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tatyana Ryavchenuk, wife of a Ukrainian soldier:
"We lived well in peacetime, then when the war knocked on our window we were forced to leave our home. My husband left us with our daughter when she was eight months old and went to protect his family, his home, his Ukraine and now he continues to protect us and our Ukraine. We are waiting for him."
11. Close of memorial
12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tatyana Ryavchenuk, wife of a Ukrainian soldier:
"The boys (soldiers) need help because they have nothing to protect us. They need weapons, they need gear, they need it. We always need help because without help our enemy can advance further and can be in the center of our city."
13. Close of child with her grandmother, UPSOUND (Ukrainian): "Where is my father?" Grandmother: "He is far away, fighting, defending us."
14. Wide of memorial
STORYLINE:
People in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv welcomed on Sunday the news that the U.S. House of Representatives had passed a crucial aid deal for Ukraine.

"I heard our president officially say that we can lose the war without this help, thanks very much," said local resident Kateryna Ruda.

The House swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion.

Tatyana Ryavchenuk's husband is fighting on the frontline.

She came with her two-year-old daughter Nika to the memorial of fallen Ukrainian soldiers to commemorate her brother who was killed in the war.

"The boys (soldiers) need help because they have nothing to protect us. They need weapons, they need gear, they need it,” said Ryavchenuk.

Kharkiv resident Yulia Mischenko came to Kyiv with her family when her house was damaged after the last Russian attack on Kharkiv.

"We would be very happy if they closed the sky and helped us more and more for our country. We really need this now," she said.

The whole aid package will go to the U.S. Senate, which could pass it as soon as Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden has promised to sign it immediately.

AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko

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コメント (9)
  • @larsrons7937
    1:33 Heartbreaking. This little boy and his daddy smiling at a photo on a wall. But he will never be with him again. The father died in defense of all he held dear, against russia's brutal and genocidal war of extermination. Any decent civilised person must see that it's the right thing to do to give Ukraine all they need to liberate all their nation, force russia out and end the war the sooner the better. 💙💛Stand firmly, Ukraine, we are many who stand with you all the way, and beyond. We're with yo
  • @thetrumpnewsnetwork7503
    It won't make any difference at all. They are just prolonging the agony. Zelensky belongs in a dungeon somewhere for what he has done to his country.