(15 Apr 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv region, Ukraine - 15 April 2023
1. Commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Lt. Gen. Serhiy Nayev distributing Easter cakes to soldiers
2. Close of cake
3. Nayev talking to soldiers
4. Mid of cakes
5. Nayev making a speech to soldiers
6. Close of Ukraine flag patch on the vest of a soldier
7. Soldier standing by a position covered with camouflage net
8. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Lt. General Serhiy Nayev, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces:
“It is a great holiday, the holiday of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. We are bound to say ‘thank you’ to our soldiers and congratulate them on this holiday. We have to share a little joy of everyday life, which for now is not available to them. We have to bring a little goodness and holiday spirit to their trenches and fortifications.”
9. Nayev inviting soldiers to sit at a table to share an Easter meal
10. Close of hands lighting a candle
11. Close of soldier
12. Close of drawing tacked to a post
13. Soldiers eating with Nayev
14. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Lt. General Serhiy Nayev, Commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces:
“It is important because a soldier who carries out the duties on the ground is the most important unit. Regardless of what our plans or intentions are, without this one soldier, without this fighter, nothing can be accomplished. Until a boot of Ukrainian soldiers steps on Crimean soil, it will remain under Russian control, so we are aware that it is the soldier who is the most important, and as he fulfills the will of his commander, you cannot forget about his needs.”
15. Close of Nayev’s hands writing on the soldiers’ unit flag
16. Nayev and soldiers posing for a photo with the flag
17. Nayev and soldiers chanting UPSOUND (Ukrainian) “Together we will win”
STORYLINE:
Many Ukrainian soldiers will spend Easter Sunday away from their families for the second year since Russia’s full scale invasion of their country began.

But a little taste of Easter was brought to one unit as the commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces brought cakes to their base north of Kyiv on Saturday.

“We are bound to say ‘thank you’ to our soldiers and congratulate them on this holiday. We have to share a little joy of everyday life, which for now is not available to them,” Lt. General Serhiy Nayev said.

Nayev brought traditional Easter cakes to several companies holding the lines in entrenched positions protecting the northern border of the wider Kyiv region.

The region borders with Belarus.

Around 15,000 cakes are being sent to his troops, Nayev advised.

“We have to bring a little goodness and holiday spirit to their trenches and fortifications,” he added.

The cakes were previously blessed by the head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, Metropolitan Epiphanius.

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