Скачать или смотреть Demonstrators in Paris honor fallen Ukrainian athletes unable to attend Olympic Games

(31 Jul 2024)
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Paris, France - 31 July 2024
1. Various of demonstrators with Ukrainian flags chanting on bridge
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Zoriana Nevmerzhytska, demonstrator:
"So for me, it’s important to come to show that we are here, Ukrainians are here. It’s not only French people supporting Ukraine, it’s also Ukrainians that care and we don’t give up and we are not gonna give up and we gonna come as long as it takes.”
3. Various of demonstrators holding signs and flags on bridge
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Zoriana Nevmerzhytska, demonstrator:
“For me, Olympics has never been about peace. It can be about unity - not this time. For me personally, not this time."
5. Protester wearing t-shirt with name of deceased Ukrainian athlete
6. Demonstrators wearing t-shirts with names of deceased Ukrainian athletes
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Jean-Pierre Pasternak, Head of “Ukrainians in France” Group:
“We are here today to support our athletes and to remember that unfortunately four hundred and eighty-seven athletes or coaches have been killed in the war, and they will never be able to participate in the Olympics or in international competitions again. It is important for us to continue our solidarity with our brothers and sisters who are fighting every day for our freedom, for the future of our children and their children."
8. Various of t-shirts with text reading (English) "Russia killed 450 Ukrainian Athletes"
STORYLINE:
Dozens of protesters gathered in Paris on Wednesday to highlight the number of Ukrainian athletes they say have been killed by Russian forces since the war broke out in February 2022.

“We are here today to support our athletes and to remember that unfortunately four hundred and eighty-seven athletes or coaches have been killed in the war," said Jean-Pierre Pasternak, one of the organisers of the event from the “Ukrainians in France” group.

Participants gathered on the Mirabeau Bridge in t-shirts bearing the names of Ukrainian athletes who have been killed since the Russian invasion.

"It’s important to come to show that we are here, Ukrainians are here," said protester Zoriana Nevmerzhytska.

"We don’t give up and we are not gonna give up and we gonna come as long as it takes,” she added.

For the Paris Games, the International Olympic Committee set specific criteria for Russian athletes to qualify, including whether they publicly supported Russia's war.

The war also has affected Ukraine’s Olympic participation for a team that was one of the sporting powerhouses that emerged from the collapse of the Soviet Union.

The country is being represented by its smallest delegation in the history of the Summer Games — 140 athletes in 26 sports.

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