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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv, Ukraine – 5 April 2025
1. Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko meeting philanthropist Howard Buffett onboard train
2. Wide of view from train window
3. Various of Svyrydenko speaking with Buffett on train
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Howard Buffett, U.S. philanthropist:
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"We will have averaged about $250 million a little more than half a year and that won’t change. It’s too easy to forget about what happened. Most people outside of Ukraine will never understand what the consequences are for Russia to come in and continue to take territory. I mean everything they take, anybody who’s in their way, suffers incredibly. That’s the messaging that doesn’t get across to people. And it’s also the messaging has been kind of lost because that was in year one, that was a long time ago. Now we’re talking about how do we get a ceasefire? How do we get a peace agreement? And most people have just forgotten about that, if they even understood it."
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Popivka, Sumy region – 5 April 2025
5. Various of Svyrydenko and Buffett meeting local residents to cook Easter cakes with flour made with grain from de-mined farmland
6. Various of Svyrydenko and Buffett preparing to cook Easter cakes
7. Various of Svyrydenko and Buffett speaking with local residents
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Bobryk, Sumy region – 5 April 2025
8. Various of children shouting as Buffet chants, UPSOUND (Ukrainian): "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to heroes!"
STORYLINE:
Amid growing uncertainty in U.S.–Ukraine relations, informal ties built over three years of war with Russia are holding firm.
The Associated Press spent a day aboard a train with Ukraine’s Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and U.S. philanthropist Howard G. Buffett as they traveled to the country’s northern region.
Their shared commitment to humanitarian demining brought them together in 2023, and since then, they’ve remained in close contact—what Buffett describes as a “friendship.”
Svyrydenko calls him “one of the greatest friends of Ukraine.”
Svyrydenko’s ministry is responsible for Ukraine’s humanitarian demining infrastructure.
Buffett’s foundation, which focuses on humanitarian needs like agriculture, infrastructure, and mine clearance, has contributed about $800 million to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion.
Howard G. Buffett, a Republican and son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, is making his 18th visit to Ukraine since the war began — a trip that comes as the new U.S. administration has so far failed to broker a temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
The fighting continues, and it remains unclear whether the United States will maintain its support for Ukraine in repelling Russia’s invasion.
“Well, it doesn’t change anything we do. We’re on track,” Buffett said, adding that his foundation will surpass $1 billion in aid to Ukraine this year. He called the prospect of a peace deal “impossible.”
“Putin doesn’t want it, and he won’t respect it,” he said. “There’s no easy way to end the war. So, we’ll stick with it as long as we need to.”
Despite growing uncertainty in the United States, Buffett said he believes many U.S. lawmakers still support the principles of freedom and democracy, and won’t abandon Ukraine as it fights for its sovereignty.
“At the end of the day, I think the U.S. will do the right thing — but it may be a painful process, and there may be a lot more Ukrainians that die,” he said.
The work is not tied to any military objectives.
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