(8 Apr 2022)
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Bucha - 8 April 2022
1. Various of Bucha Mayor Anatoly Fedoruk talking to EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen near a mass grave
2. Mass grave near a church
3. Various of bodies in plastic bags ++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES OF DEAD BODIES++
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President:
"It is... the unthinkable has happened here. We have seen the cruel face of Putin's army. We have seen the recklessness and the cold heartedness with which they have been occupying the city. Here in Bucha we saw our humanity being shattered, and it is the whole world is mourning with the people of Bucha."
5. Fedoruk talking to von der Leyen
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President:
"We support Ukraine in whatever way it is possible. First of all, these brave Ukrainian soldiers need weapons to defend their country, and therefore it is of utmost importance to make sure that they have the military equipment that is necessary to defend Ukraine, but also to resist the aggressor."
7. Zoom in on reporters
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President:
"We have hit and we are hitting Putin with severe sanctions that are systematically destroying his financial and his economic basis. We have told him before that the price would be extremely high. And now we show that, united and with an enormous economic leverage, we are able to really hurt Putin at the point that is the most vulnerable and this is his economic and financial basis to lead this war."
9. Von der Leyen listening to the question, standing beside EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ursula von der Leyen, EU Commission President:
"I am here today also to work with Prime Minister Shmyhal and President Zelenskyy on the process to joining the EU. We will do everything to support Ukraine, to do the necessary steps. This will be one part of the discussion we will have today."
11. Fedoruk showing the church to von der Leyen
12. Various of Borrell and Von der Leyen lighting candles
13. Various of Von der Leyen placing a candle and standing in silence
STORYLINE:
Two top European Union officials travelled to Ukraine on Friday, looking to shore up the EU's support for Ukraine.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, visiting the Bucha mass grave along with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, said that "the unthinkable has happened here."
"We have seen the cruel face of Putin's army. We have seen the recklessness and the cold heartedness with which they have been occupying the city," said von der Leyen during the visit to Bucha, where images of bodies lying in the streets after Russian forces withdrew shocked the world.
Bucha Mayor Anatoliy Fedoruk said Thursday on Ukrainian television that at least three sites of mass shootings of civilians during the Russian occupation have been found.
Fedoruk said hundreds have been killed and investigators are finding bodies in yards, parks and city squares.
Von der Leye says the European Union will also support Ukraine "in what ever way possible" and provide "brave Ukrainian soldiers" the weapons to defend their country.
"It is of utmost importance to make sure that they have the military equipment that is necessary to defend Ukraine, but also to resist the aggressor," she said.
She added that she will work with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and President Zelenskyy on the process of Ukraine joining the Europe Union.
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