Can a new round of aid help tip the scales in Ukraine's favor?
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🗓️ 23 June 2024
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Over two years into Russia’s war in Ukraine have left the country and its soldiers running short of ammunition, weapons, manpower, money and worst of all, morale. A particularly troubling recent quote from a Ukrainian soldier on the frontlines by Reuters was: “worse than hell.” Russian drone and artillery relentlessly target Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines. Ukrainian military leaders openly admit that the situation on the eastern front is decidedly worse in recent months. Russia, meanwhile, has executed a savage onslaught on Ukraine. Can U.S. and European support help turn things around for Ukraine? USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison joins The Excerpt to unpack significant new developments.
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| 0:08.0 | Hello and welcome to The Excerpt excerpt I'm Dana Taylor. |
| 0:14.0 | Today is Sunday June 23rd, 2024. Over two years into Russia's war in Ukraine have left the country and its soldiers running |
| 0:29.3 | short of ammunition, weapons, manpower, money, and worst of all morale. |
| 0:34.4 | A particularly troubling recent quote from a Ukrainian soldier on the front lines by Reuters |
| 0:39.2 | was, quote, worse than hell." End quote. |
| 0:43.0 | Russian drone and artillery relentlessly target Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines. |
| 0:47.0 | Ukrainian military leaders openly admit that the situation on the eastern front is decidedly worse in recent months. |
| 0:55.0 | Russia meanwhile has executed a savage onslaught on Ukraine. |
| 0:58.8 | Can U.S. and European support help turn things around for Ukraine? Here to help me |
| 1:03.5 | unpack significant new developments on that front. |
| 1:06.3 | I'm now joined by USA Today, White House correspondent Joy Garrison. |
| 1:10.8 | Joey, thanks for being on the excerpt. |
| 1:12.3 | Hey, thanks for having me, Dato. |
| 1:14.0 | So let's start with the 10-year security agreement that both President Biden and |
| 1:17.6 | Ukrainian President Velodimer Zilinski recently signed at the G7 meeting in Italy. What's in it and also what's not in it and |
| 1:25.4 | how significant is this pact? By signing this agreement with Ukraine, the |
| 1:30.2 | Biden administration, what they try to do is commit US assistance to Ukraine a decade down the road here. |
| 1:36.6 | And so what that means is a pledge by the US to provide weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, |
| 1:42.3 | to expand intelligence sharing between the US and Ukraine |
| 1:45.6 | and to help train Ukrainian troops on various US military bases and this pact does not |
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