As the fighting intensifies in parts of Eastern Ukraine, some families are fleeing their homes to escape the violence. Meanwhile, Ukrainian military officials say progress is being made in other areas. (May 30)
SHOTLIST:
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Slovyansk, Ukraine – May 30, 2014
1. Wide pan of area outside hospital
2. Medium shot of pedestrian in front of hospital
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Slovyansk, Ukraine – May 29, 2014
3. Medium shot of Olga Mikhailova with family
4. Wide of Vladimir Mikhailov riding bike to house
5. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Mikhailov, Slovyansk resident (transcript below)
6. Medium of Mikhailov’s children
7. Tight of Mikhailov gathering documents
8. Wide of Mikhailov gathering documents
9. Wide of Mikhailov children with dog
10. Medium of Mikhailov children petting dog
11. Wide of Slovyansk government buildling
12. Medium of Sklovyansk’s self-declared mayor Vyacheslav Ponomarev
13. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Olga Mikhailova, Slovyansk resident (transcript below)
14. Tight of Mikhailov children playing with rabbit
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Donetsk, Ukraine – May 29, 2014
15. Various shots of pro-Russia rebels
16. Wide outside
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Slovyansk, Ukraine – May 30, 2014Slovyansk General Hospital
17. Tight shot of damage inside hospital
18. Medium shot of broken window at hospital
19. Medium of hole in hospital wall
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Kiev, Ukraine – May 30, 2014
20. Varoius wides of Ukraine’s acting defense minister Mykhailo Koval at presser
21. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Mykhailo Koval, Ukrainian Acting Defense Minister
22. Wide of Koval at presser
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near Slovyansk, Ukraine – May 30, 2014
23. Wide of plume of smoke rising from Ukrainian helicopter downed by pro-Russian separatists
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Donetsk, Ukraine – May 29, 2014
24. Various shots of pro-Russia rebels
VOICE-OVER SCRIPT:
FOR THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ALONG UKRAINE’S EASTERN BORDER WITH RUSSIA — THE SAD REALITY OF A COUNTRY IN TURMOIL.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vladimir Mikhailov, Slovyansk resident
“The house shook and we all spent the night in the basement.”
FAMILIES.. FORCED TO PACK UP AND LEAVE THEIR HOMES.. TO ESCAPE THE FIGHTING.
THIS WEEK.. THE MIKHAILOV FAMILY PACKED UP THE BARE ESSENTIALS AND LEFT THE PRO-RUSSIAN STRONGHOLD OF SLOVYANSK FOR SAFER GROUND.
THE CITY’S SELF-DECLARED MAYOR URGED RESIDENTS TO LEAVE THIS WEEK AS THE FIGHTING ESCALATES.
SOUNDBITE (Russian) Olga Mikhailova, resident
“I have four children and we are very scared to stay here. We are afraid for their (children’s) lives.”
CIVILIANS ARE OFTEN CAUGHT IN THE EXCHANGE OF FIRE BETWEEN RUSSIAN SEPARATISTS.. AND UKRAINIAN TROOPS FIGHTING TO SAVE THEIR COUNTRY FROM BREAK-UP.
SOME ROOMS SIT EMPTY AT THE GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SLOVYANSK AFTER A MORTER WAS SHOT THROUGH HE MAIN WALL.
BUT ACCORDING TO UKRAINE’S ACTING DEFENSE MINISTER.. SOME PROGRESS IS BEING MADE SOUTH OF SLOVYANSK
SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Mykhailo Koval, Ukrainian Acting Minister of Defence
“Our military units have cleaned up the separatists in southern and western parts of the Donetsk region and north of the Luhansk region.”
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES JUST A DAY AFTER A DEVASTATING BLOW TO UKRAINE’S ARMY WHEN REBELS SHOT DOWN A HELICOPTER.. KILLING
12 SOLDIERS OUTSIDE SLOVYANSK.
A LOSS UNDERSCORING THE CHALLENGES FORCES FACE.. IN FIGHTING THIS GUERRILLA-STYLE INSURGENCY.
ROBERT BUMSTED.. ASSOCIATED PRESS.
