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(8 Dec 2023)
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Kyiv - 08 December 2023
1. Various of Independence Square and people walking on streets covered with snow
2. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Larysa Kacheniuk, Kyiv resident, retired: "What do I think? Is there any other candidates? Their election is only a formality. It is clear that he will win the (election), and the horror here will go on, there is nothing going to change there, as well as here."
3. Mid of people passing by the Memorial ally for fallen soldiers
4. Close of sign, flags
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Denis Budiuk, Kyiv resident and student:
"This is obvious. I don’t think that there is someone who is ready to take his place as a president in this hard times, maybe (Alexei) Navalny, but you know his story. And there is no such a thing as opposition in Russia that's why he will win, 100%. Or some kind of revolution will happen earlier."
6. Various of Memorial for fallen soldiers, people taking pictures
7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Olena Koroliova, Kyiv resident:
"Like any other Ukrainian, I would like him gone, completely. I can’t wish death to a person... right? But I have nothing to wish for that kind of person. It would be a best solution for Ukraine, but it would not save us much, because people of Russia are supporting him."
8. Various of woman paying tribute to fallen soldiers
9. Mid of people at the memorial
10. Zoom out of sign reading (English): “These flags each represent an innocent life stolen by a single madman Vladimir Putin“ to flags
STORYLINE:
Kyiv residents reacted on Friday to the news of Vladimir Putin announcing his candidacy in the Russian presidential election next March that he is all but certain to win.

Denis Budiuk, Kyiv resident and student, said it's "obvious" that Putin will be re-elected.

"I don’t think that there is someone who is ready to take his place," he added.

Another resident Larysa Kacheniuk echoed this sentiment saying "their election is only a formality".

Putin still commands wide support after nearly a quarter-century in power, despite starting an immensely costly military operation in Ukraine that has taken thousands of his countrymen’s lives, provoked repeated attacks inside Russia — including one on the Kremlin itself.

AP Video shot by Srdjan Nedeljkovic

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