(14 Apr 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 14 April 2025
1. Wide of US Senator Tim Kaine walking towards microphone
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Tim Kaine, (D) Virginia:
"The need is for supporting Ukraine in every way we can in air defense. And obviously Patriot systems are a great air defense mechanism. The U.S. is not the only nation that has them, other nations have them as well. And sometimes some nations provide some parts of of the system and other nations provide others. So the goal should be that Ukraine’s allies robustly support Ukraine’s air defense."
++WHITE FLASH++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Sen. Tim Kaine, (D) Virginia:
"I have to look at recent actions of Vladimir Putin and Russia, and it makes me skeptical about the good faith of their interest in the ceasefire. The U.S. would like a ceasefire on fair terms, Europe would like a ceasefire on fair terms, Ukraine deserves a ceasefire on fair terms. The events including the strike yesterday make me question the good faith of Russian interest in the ceasefire. But I hope I’m wrong, and they should demonstrate that I’m wrong by showing a real interest in getting to this point of ceasefire."
++ENDS ON A SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
U.S. Democratic Senator Tim Kaine said on Monday that he is "skeptical about the good faith" of Russia’s interest in a ceasefire with Ukraine.
"The U.S. would like a ceasefire on fair terms, Europe would like a ceasefire on fair terms, Ukraine deserves a ceasefire on fair terms," Kaine told The Associated Press during a news conference in Kyiv.
He was speaking a day after Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. Officials say the strike killed at least 34 people.
"The events including the strike yesterday make me question the good faith of Russian interest in the ceasefire. But I hope I’m wrong, and they should demonstrate that I’m wrong by showing a real interest in getting to this point of ceasefire," Kaine said.
Senator Kaine also stressed that "the goal should be that Ukraine’s allies robustly support Ukraine’s air defense."
"And if that includes Patriots, if that’s what is needed, we need to do our part to make that happen. Again, whether it’s all from the U.S. or whether it’s from U.S. and allies," he said.
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