UN / UKRAINE
STORY: UN / UKRAINE
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SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGES: ENGLISH / RUSSIAN / NATS
DATELINE: 18 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY / FILE
FILE – NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, United Nations headquarters
18 NOVEMBER 2024, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, Security Council
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“1000 days this war rages on, undiminished, deadly battles engulf more and more of eastern and southern Ukraine. Entire cities, villages and towns have been reduced to rubble. Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Vovchansk, and Vuhledar have been virtually wiped off the map.”
4. Wide shot, Security Council
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs:
“The recent reported deployment of 1000s of troops from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the conflict zone and their involvement in the fighting is alarming. This would add fuel to the fire, further escalating and internationalizing this explosive conflict. There is little doubt that this war at the heart of Europe is in conflict with global implications. It undermines regional stability and deepens geopolitical divisions. It must end.”
6. Wide shot, Security Council
9. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs:
“Russian troops have raped, tortured Ukrainian prisoners, and Russian police have abducted Ukrainian children for indoctrination in Russia. Like a desperate gambler, Putin has gone all in on this illegal war.”
10. Wide shot, Security Council
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, United States:
“1001 days ago, Russia's representative told us to our face, there would be no invasion. As the world watched live broadcasts of Russian forces and tanks crossing into Ukrainian territory and Russian missiles raining down on Kyiv, he continued to insist in this Council, there was nothing to see here, the lies continued. We're told that no North Koreans were deploying through Russia. Now, North Koreans are fighting on Russia's front lines under the command of the Russian military. All the while, this chamber has been flooded with slurs and baseless accusations against Ukraine's democratically elected leaders.”
12. Wide shot, Security Council
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“Ukrainian mass media themselves are saying that after Donald Trump's election victory, there is panic in Ukraine, but not even because the United States can revise the assistance to Ukraine, but because a new administration would want to take a look at all of the monies that have been sent to Ukraine and conduct a full audit of the assistance already provided. This scenario, as being said by the Ukrainian experts, is far more frightening for Zelensky, because a considerable share of assistance is stolen or pocketed by the expired Ukrainian president.”
14. Wide shot, Security Council
15. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasily Nebenzya, Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Russian Federation:
“The militarist agony of democratic administration, which has suffered a humiliating defeat in a presidential election and lost the trust of most of its population, is now issuing, according to the mass media, suicidal permissions to Zelensky to use long range weapons to strike inside Russia. Perhaps Joe Biden, for many reasons, has nothing left to lose. But we're astounded by the short sightedness of the leadership of UK and France they are eager to play into the hands of the exiting administration and are dragging not just their countries but the entire Europe into large scale escalation with drastic consequences.”
16. Wide shot, Security Council
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrii Sybiha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine:
“As we mark 1000 days of Russia's full-scale invasion, let's not forget that Russian aggression against Ukraine has already lasted over 10 years. I departed for this meeting during one of the largest air attacks in months, Russia launched over 200 drones and missiles at peaceful Ukrainian cities, I spent a sleepless night with my family, with my kids, just like thosands of Ukrainian families while Russia struck critical civilian infrastructure, once again, ordinary residential buildings, energy system transmission substations of our nuclear power plants. This is a direct threat to nuclear safety and security.”
18. Close up, Vasily Nebenzya
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrii Sybiha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine:
“Russia's naval blockade of Ukrainian ports led to food shortages and record high food prices. About 400 million people around the world rely on Ukrainian grain, many of them were put at a risk of hunger. Russia is also weaponizing energy and endangers people, not only in Ukraine, but also in other countries. This war was one of the primary factors that slowed global economic growth and increased inflation. Furthermore, blatant violation of international law caused a global security crisis. If Russian aggression succeeds, other aggressors will be tempted to attack their neighbors and commit atrocities.”
20. Wide shot, end of Security Council
21. Pan left, David Lammy and Andrii Sybiha walking to stakeout
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrii Sybiha, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ukraine:
“1000 days is a big number, and it shows how urgent it is to achieve a comprehensive, just and long-lasting peace. It also shows the failure of existing international mechanisms and the need to update them. Russian aggression hunts, not only Ukraine, but many more countries and people. It cost a number of global crises, in food, energy and security and other areas affecting millions of people.”
23. Pan right, David Lammy and Andrii Sybiha leaving stakeout
Speaking to the Security Council today (18 Nov), Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo described the toll on Ukrainian cities and communities. “One thousand days this war rages on, undiminished,” DiCarlo said.
She continued, “Deadly battles engulf more and more of Eastern and Southern Ukraine. Entire cities, villages, and towns have been reduced to rubble. Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Vovchansk, and Vuhledar have been virtually wiped off the map.”
DiCarlo also expressed alarm over reports of thousands of North Korean troops joining the conflict on Russia's side, calling it “alarming.” She added, “This would add fuel to the fire, further escalating and internationalizing this explosive conflict.”
The war, she noted, has far-reaching implications. “There is little doubt that this war at the heart of Europe is in conflict with global implications. It undermines regional stability and deepens geopolitical divisions. It must end,” she added.
Other representatives echoed concerns over the humanitarian and geopolitical fallout of the ongoing conflict. David Lammy, the UK's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Affairs, said, “Russian troops have raped, tortured Ukrainian prisoners, and Russian police have abducted Ukrainian children for indoctrination in Russia.” Lammy also said, “Like a desperate gambler, Putin has gone all in on this illegal war.” Lammy reiterated the UK’s support for Ukraine, “With a new loan backed by profits from sanctioned Russian assets, part of the new G7 package of 50 billion dollars in assistance and a commitment to three billion pounds in military aid for as long as it takes.”
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the UN, pointed to disinformation from Russia and highlighted recent reports of North Korean troops joining the fighting. “1001 days ago, Russia's representative told us to our face, there would be no invasion,” she said. “Now, North Koreans are fighting on Russia's front lines under the command of the Russian military.”
Ukraine's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Andrii Sybiha, stressed the broader global consequences of the war. He warned of a nuclear safety threat as Russian attacks targeted civilian and energy infrastructure. “Russia launched over 200 drones and missiles at peaceful Ukrainian cities,” Sybiha said. He added he “spent a sleepless night” with his family and kids, during the last attack. Sybiha said, “just like 1000s of Ukrainian families while Russia struck critical civilian infrastructure, once again, ordinary residential buildings, energy system transmission substations of our nuclear power plants. This is a direct threat to nuclear safety and security.”
He also highlighted the war's impact on food security, stating, “Russia's naval blockade of Ukrainian ports led to food shortages and record high food prices. About 400 million people around the world rely on Ukrainian grain, many of them were put at a risk of hunger.”
Russian UN Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya countered with accusations against Ukraine and its Western allies, calling their policies “short-sighted” and claiming corruption within Ukraine's leadership.
Speaking to reporters before the Security Council meeting, Sybiha called for renewed international efforts to end the conflict. “A thousand days is a big number, and it shows how urgent it is to achieve a comprehensive, just and long-lasting peace,” he said.
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