(20 Jan 2025)
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Pokrovsk region, Ukraine – 20 January 2025
1. Wide of Ukrainian servicemen of 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade preparing D-20 artillery cannon to fire towards Russian positions
2. Servicemen holding artillery shells
3. Serviceman loading artillery with shell
4. Close of serviceman preparing artillery before firing
5. Wide of a Ukrainian serviceman firing artillery cannon towards Russian positions
6. Smoke coming out of spent cartridge case
7. Serviceman preparing artillery cannon before firing
8. Mid of serviceman loading artillery with shell
9. Wide of Ukrainian serviceman firing artillery cannon towards Russian positions
10. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Historian", serviceman from the 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade:
"Every time a president comes there are changes, whether it’s in our country or someone else’s, especially in such an influential country as the United States. There will certainly be changes. There will be in any case, but no one can predict exactly which ones, of course we would like it for the better."
11. Wide of serviceman
12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian), "Historian", serviceman from the 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade:
"Maybe once there was some hope, but I have already passed that period and now I think only about my work, about what I need to do, work out, not give up, not leave. In most cases, all the thoughts in my head are filled with this, such is the political situation. If I dig into my head there is still some hope, but if it will be confirmed – no one knows."
13. Various of cannon commander of 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade, "Padre", in trench monitoring firing
14. Close of drawings from children on trench wall, one reading (Ukrainian): "I want peace in my land"
15. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Padre", Cannon Commander of 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade:
"The enemy comes with a large force, a much larger number of people, and equipment. In order to stop all this we need weapons and we need ammunition. So I hope that America will support us in this war as promised."
16. Close of picture on wall
17. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) "Padre", Cannon Commander of 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade:
"I would like the war to end as soon as possible, but if you look at the front, the enemy is attacking and advancing. We are trying our best to stop them. But I still do not see any end to the war."
18. Close of picture on wall reading (Ukrainian): "Heroes"
19. Various of Ukrainian servicemen smoking outside
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the eastern frontline reacted to Donald Trump being sworn in as the 47th US President on Monday.
As Trump prepared to return to the White House, servicemen from the 14th National Guard "Chervona Kalyna" brigade were busy firing D-20 artillery cannon towards Russian positions on the frontline in the Pokrovsk region.
A commander known by his nom de guerre, "Padre", said he had no time to monitor news about Trump’s inauguration as he coordinated fire towards Russian positions.
But he said he hoped for more military support from the US to stop Russia advancing.
"The enemy comes with a large force, a much larger number of people, and equipment. In order to stop all this, we need weapons and we need ammunition," he told The Associated Press.
"Padre" says he hasn’t seen his wife and two daughters for more than two years.
Trump has pledged to broker a peace deal in Ukraine, but as he prepares to take office, peace seems as elusive as ever.
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