ONLY ON AP Evacuations from retaken Shchurove village

(26 Sep 2022)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Shchurove - 25 September 2022
1. Various of servicemen helping comrade during an evacuation of injured soldiers participating in counteroffensive in region near retaken village of Shchurove
2. Close of injury
3. Mid of three injured soldiers in boat
4. Close of serviceman preparing injection
5. Mid of serviceman treating injured soldier
6. Close of injured soldier
7. Wide of servicemen around boat evacuating injured soldiers
8. Various of serviceman treating injured soldier
9. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Pohorilyi, commander of reconnaissance of Dnipro 1 Regiment:
"I believe that any location is strategically important to us, any location which is under Ukrainian flag, wherever it is located. There are no centimeters of Ukrainian land which are not important to us; our people are everywhere, and it is our land and it must be under our control. Strategically speaking, for the Lyman group (soldiers working to retake Lyman), we have to cover their backs so everything is safe and so they can do their work."
10. Close of serviceman holding weapon while on boat
11. Close of injured serviceman on boat
12. Close of serviceman putting bandage on hand of injured soldiers while on boat
13. Wide of injured soldiers and other servicemen on boat during evacuation
14. Close of hand of injured soldier, with blood, holding cigarette
15. Mid of river
16. Various of rocket trails in sky, UPSOUND of explosions
17. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasyl Shevchuk, deputy commander of reconnaissance of Dnipro 1 Regiment:
"It was a night crossing. We were crossing the field which was flooded because the dam was blown up. Then, all the ways were flooded as a result of all the booby traps in this area. They (roads) were underwater. It's that kind of difficulties we had."
18. Traveling shot of road in Shchurove
19. Mid of serviceman driving and speaking
20. Various of serviceman, member of the Dnipro 1 Regiment, passing by destroyed vehicles and houses. UPSOUND of explosions
21. Various of Ukrainian flag on damaged church of Shchurove
22. Close mural of saint inside church
23. Various of serviceman standing near destroyed houses
24. Close of part of explosive ordnance
25. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Volodymyr Pohorilyi, commander of reconnaissance of Dnipro 1 Regiment:
"What we saw was a destroyed village with no people. We found some civilians, some animals under constant fire. It was also quite difficult, we crossed and walked a long distance, being loaded (with equipment and supplies), in waist-deep water. We started early in the morning and arrived only at night. We found a place to settle down. We had to prepare a place for locating our unit, which followed us and entered after us. We came first as reconnaissance (intelligence) not a big group. That's what we saw."
26. Mid of destroyed vehicles outside damaged house
27. Serviceman looking at destroyed building
28. Various of destroyed building
29. Mid of damaged building. UPSOUND of explosions
30. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Vasyl Shevchuk, deputy commander of reconnaissance of Dnipro 1 Regiment:
30. Various of damaged houses
31. Various of serviceman riding bicycle, passing by damaged buildings
STORYLINE:
Ukrainian servicemen on Monday evacuated injured comrades from the village of Shchurove who were participating in the counteroffensive in the Donetsk region.
At least four soldiers were injured in the area where the Ukrainians are trying to advance and retake Lyman and other cities in the Donbas.
They are mostly elderly or disabled, and were rescued when the Ukrainians entered into the area.

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