(23 Feb 2025)
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Santiago- 23 February 2025
1. Protesters with Ukrainian flags chant UPSOUND (Spanish) “Murderers, murderers, murderers”
2. Protester holds a sign that reads (Spanish) "Russia is a terrorist country"
3. Olga Tolmachova, a 33-year-old Ukrainian, sings with a flag on his back UPSOUND (Spanish)
“Murderers, murderers, murderers”
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Olga Tolmachova, Ukrainian, protester, 33 years old:
“Obviously, we are concerned. We have military support from many countries, and right now, the United States is a crucial ally for Ukraine.”
5. People protest outside the Russian Embassy with signs that read (Spanish) "Liberty for Ukraine" and (English) "Stop Russian Terror"
6. Protester holds a sign that reads (Spanish) "they told us three days and we have been fighting for three years"
7. Protester holds a sign that reads (Spanish) "Russia is a terrorist country"
8. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Sergio Domeyko, protester, 60 years old:
“As an American and Chilean, I’m deeply concerned that (Donald Trump) takes the Putin’s positioning, first blaming Ukraine for the invasion that was caused by Russia, but also that a global movement is emerging and Trump is siding with all the wrong people.”
9. Ukrainian man holds a sign that reads (Spanish) "Three years of war, No more! Peace for Ukraine" and UPSOT of protester Natliya Chorey signing
10. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Natliya Chorey, Ukranian, protester:
“We hope that not everything depends on Trump. We have hope that Europe will wake up and support us as it should.”
11. Cars with Ukraine flags
12. Protesters waiving Ukraine flags
13. Protesters outside Russian Embassy
STORYLINE:
A group of Ukrainian nationals protested outside the Russian Embassy in Chile’s Santiago to mark the three-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
It comes at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have initiated a bilateral dialogue, marking a clear departure from Western efforts to isolate Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
“Obviously, we are concerned. We have military support from many countries, and right now, the United States is a crucial ally for Ukraine," said Olga Tolmachova, a Ukrainian national protesting on Sunday.
Kyiv had benefited from years of staunch support by its allies in the United States and Europe which had provided crucial military and financial support to help defend against Moscow’s grinding incursions.
But when Trump held a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week — undoing years of U.S. policy to isolate the Russian leader over his aggression — it was taken as a signal in Kyiv and other European capitals that their alliance to contain Moscow was fraying.
“We hope that not everything depends on Trump," said Natliya Chorey, as she held a Ukrainian flag and protested outside the embassy. "We have hope that Europe will wake up and support us as it should.”
Trump’s engagement with Russian officials and his recent agreement to reopen economic cooperation with Moscow has marked a dramatic about-face in U.S. policy that has rattled leaders in Ukraine and across Europe.
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