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PBS News Hour - Segments

American volunteers fighting in Ukraine share views on how election could affect the war

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. election is being closely watched in Ukraine. Vice President Harris has promised to continue supporting Ukraine if she wins, while former President Trump has ridiculed military aid and claimed he could negotiate an end to the conflict. Special correspondent Jack Hewson met with American volunteer fighters who are considering whom to vote for and what their votes might mean for the war. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

Next Tuesday's election results are being closely watched overseas, but perhaps nowhere

0:06.0

more anxiously than in Ukraine.

0:08.8

Vice President Harris has promised to continue supporting Ukraine if she wins.

0:12.8

While former President Trump has ridiculed the billions of dollars in military

0:16.7

aid the US has sent to Ukraine and says he could negotiate an immediate end to the

0:21.5

conflict.

0:22.6

Special correspondent, Jack Houston,

0:24.6

traveled to the frontline town of Jura-Hovei

0:27.1

in the eastern Donbass region

0:29.1

to meet with American volunteer fighters

0:31.7

considering whom to vote for and what their votes might mean for the war.

0:38.0

My name is Zachary James.

0:40.0

I spent four years in the US Army where I deployed to Afghanistan three times and I've been

0:46.4

fighting in Ukraine since March of 2022.

0:50.4

Jane's and a squad of international fighters gave us access to talk to them about the nature of the war and how it may be affected by the US election.

0:59.0

Like all parties to this conflict, they're being forced to adapt to drone warfare, and today is

1:05.2

test day.

1:07.5

So this is the field we use as a range. Drone headsets and control pads are increasingly superseding machine guns and artillery in this wall.

1:18.0

At this range, just a few miles from the front line, they're testing a kamikaze drone.

1:27.0

Hundreds of thousands of these flying improvised explosive devices, $500 a pop,

1:32.0

are the most effective part of Ukraine's Air Force.

1:35.0

The contrast with the resources available to James when he was in Afghanistan is stocked.

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