Ukraine fears increased Russian aggression after US halt of weapons supply
乌克兰担心在美国停止武器供应后，俄罗斯侵略会增加
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Kyiv has warned that an interruption of US weapons shipments will encourage Russia to prolong the war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year. On Tuesday the White House said it had cut off some weapons deliveries to Ukraine. The decision was taken"to put America's interests first" following a defence department review of US"military support and assistance to other countries", White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the two countries were now"clarifying all the details on supplies", while the foreign ministry warned any delays"would only encourage the aggressor to continue war and terror, rather than seek peace".
基辅警告说，美国武器发货的中断将鼓励俄罗斯延长乌克兰的战争，现在是第四年。白宫周二表示，已切断了一些武器运送到乌克兰。白宫发言人安娜·凯利（Anna Kelly）说，在国防部对美国的国防部审查“对其他国家的军事支持和援助”之后，该决定是“将美国的利益放在首位”。乌克兰总统沃罗迪米尔·泽伦斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）说，两国现在“澄清所有供应的细节”，而外交部警告任何延误只会鼓励侵略者继续战争与恐怖，而不是寻求和平”。
The ministry particularly emphasised the need for Kyiv to strengthen its air defences - as Russia continues to pummel the country with missiles and drones on a near-nightly basis. A Kyiv-based US diplomat was invited to the foreign ministry for talks on Wednesday. However, Ukraine's defence ministry said it had not received any official notification from the US about the"suspension or revision" of the weapons deliveries, and urged people not to speculate on the basis of partial information. But in a statement the defence ministry also said the path to ending the war was"through consistent and joint pressure on the aggressor". At the weekend Ukraine endured its biggest aerial attack since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, with more than 500 drones and ballistic and cruise missiles launched at its cities. US officials did not immediately say which shipments were being halted. According to American broadcaster NBC, the weapons being delayed could include Patriot interceptors, Howitzer munitions, missiles and grenade launchers. The US has sent tens of billions of dollars in military aid to Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, leading some in the Trump administration to voice concerns that US stockpiles are too low. The Kremlin, for its part, welcomed news of the reduction in weapons shipments, saying reducing the flow of weapons to Kyiv will help end the conflict faster."The fewer the number of weapons that are delivered to Ukraine, the closer the end of the special military operation," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Fedir Venislavskyi, an MP for Ukraine's ruling party, said the decision was"painful, and against the background of the terrorist attacks which Russia commits against Ukraine... it's a very unpleasant situation". A Ukrainian military source quoted by the AFP news agency said Kyiv was"seriously dependent on American arms supplies, although Europe is doing its best, but it will be difficult for us without American ammunition". Ukraine's European allies have spent billions in military aid over the last three-and-a-half years. However, military support for Kyiv is not endorsed by everyone on the political spectrum. Czech President and former top Nato official, Petr Pavel, has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine - but he told BBC Russian he could"not guarantee" continued ammunition support for Kyiv, as that was dependent on the result of forthcoming Czech elections."I don't know what will be the priorities of a new government," he said. The Pentagon's move is based on concerns that US military stockpiles are falling too low, a source told CBS News, although Anna Kelly stressed"the strength of the United States Armed Forces remains unquestioned - just ask Iran". Separately, the US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Elbridge Colby, said in a statement the Pentagon"continues to provide the President with robust options to continue military aid to Ukraine". However, he added"the department is rigorously examining and adapting its approach to achieving this objective while also preserving US forces' readiness for Administration defence priorities".
该部特别强调了基辅需要加强防空措施 - 因为俄罗斯继续在几乎一夜之间用导弹和无人机殴打该国。总部位于基辅的美国外交官周三被邀请到外交部进行会谈。但是，乌克兰国防部表示，尚未收到美国的任何官方通知，涉及武器交付的“中止或修订”，并敦促人们不要基于部分信息推测。但是国防部在一份声明中还说，结束战争的途径是“侵略者的一致和共同压力”。在周末，乌克兰遭受了自俄罗斯全面入侵开始以来最大的空中进攻，在其城市发射了500多个无人机，弹道和巡航导弹。美国官员没有立即说过哪些货物被停止。根据美国广播公司NBC的说法，被推迟的武器可能包括爱国者拦截器，榴弹炮弹药，导弹和手榴弹发射器。自从俄罗斯于2022年2月发起全面入侵以来，美国已向乌克兰派遣了数千亿美元的军事援助，导致特朗普政府在特朗普政府中表达了对美国股票太低的担忧。克里姆林宫（Kremlin）欢迎有关减少武器运输的消息，称减少武器流向基辅的流动将有助于更快地结束冲突。克里姆林宫发言人德米特里·佩斯科夫（Dmitry Peskov）告诉记者：“运送到乌克兰的武器数量越少，特别军事行动的终结就越接近。”乌克兰执政党国会议员费德里·韦尼斯拉夫斯基（Fedir Venislavskyi）说，这一决定“很痛苦，在俄罗斯对乌克兰犯下的恐怖袭击的背景下……这是一个非常不愉快的情况”。法新社新闻社引用的一位乌克兰军事消息人士说，基辅“非常依赖美国的武器供应，尽管欧洲正在做得最好，但是如果没有美国弹药，我们将很难”。在过去的三年半中，乌克兰的欧洲盟友在军事援助上花费了数十亿美元。但是，在政治范围内，所有人都不认可军事对基夫的支持。捷克总裁兼前北约前官员彼得·帕维尔（Petr Pavel）一直是乌克兰的坚定支持者 - 但他告诉英国广播公司俄罗斯人，他“不能保证”对基辅的持续弹药支持，因为这取决于即将举行的捷克选举的结果。他说：“我不知道新政府的优先事项是什么。”一位消息人士告诉CBS新闻，五角大楼的举动是基于对美国军事库存太低的担忧，尽管安娜·凯利（Anna Kelly）强调“美国武装部队的力量仍然毫无疑问 - 只是问伊朗。”另外，美国国防部政策副部长埃尔布里奇·科尔比（Elbridge Colby）在一份声明中说，五角大楼“继续为总统提供强大的选择，以继续向乌克兰提供军事援助”。但是，他补充说：“该部门正在严格检查和调整其实现这一目标的方法，同时还保留了美军准备对行政辩护优先事项的准备”。
Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met US President Donald Trump at last month's Nato summit
路透社乌克兰总统沃迪米尔·泽伦斯基（Volodymyr Zelensky）在上个月的北约峰会上会见了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普
The pause comes less than a week after President Donald Trump discussed air defences with Volodymyr Zelensky at the Nato summit in the Netherlands. Trump said US officials"are going to see if we can make some of them available" when asked by the BBC about providing extra Patriot anti-missile systems to Ukraine. Referring to his conversation with Zelensky, Trump said:"We had a little rough times sometimes, but he couldn't have been nicer." The two had a heated confrontation in the Oval Office in February. Afterwards, Trump said he was pausing military aid to Ukraine that had been earmarked by the previous Biden administration. Intelligence sharing with Ukraine was also suspended. But both pauses were subsequently lifted. In late April, the US and Ukraine signed a deal that would give the US access to Ukraine's mineral reserves in exchange for military assistance. Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday - the first time in over two-and-a-half years. They spoke on the phone for more than two hours, Macron's office said, adding the French president had urged a ceasefire in Ukraine and for talks to start on a"solid and lasting settlement of the conflict". The Kremlin said Putin had"reminded Macron" that the West's policy was to blame for the war, because it had"for many years ignored Russia's security interests". Last month, Russia's long-time leader told a forum in St Petersburg that he saw Russians and Ukrainians as one people and"in that sense the whole of Ukraine is ours". Moscow currently controls about 20% of Ukrainian territory, including the Crimea peninsula annexed in 2014. Despite heavy losses, Russia has made slow, grinding advances in Ukraine in recent months and announced full control of the eastern Luhansk region this week - this has not been independently verified. Moscow also says it has seized territory in the south-eastern region of Dnipropetrovsk - a claim denied by the Ukrainian military. Meanwhile, on Tuesday a Ukrainian attack killed three people at a Russian arms production factory making drones and radars in Izhevsk, more than 1,000km (620 miles) from the border with Ukraine.
唐纳德·特朗普总统在荷兰的北约峰会与沃罗迪米尔·泽伦斯基讨论防空防御后不到一周。特朗普说，当英国广播公司（BBC）询问向乌克兰提供额外的爱国者反导系统时，美国官员将“看看我们是否可以使其中一些可用”。特朗普指的是他与Zelensky的谈话时说：“有时候我们有些艰难的时期，但他再好不过了。”两人在2月在椭圆形办公室进行了激烈的对抗。此后，特朗普说，他正在向拜登政府指定的乌克兰暂停军事援助。与乌克兰共享的情报共享也被暂停。但是随后两个停顿都被解除了。4月下旬，美国和乌克兰签署了一项协议，该协议将使美国获得乌克兰的矿产储备，以换取军事援助。同时，法国总统伊曼纽尔·马克龙（Emmanuel Macron）周二与他的俄罗斯同行弗拉基米尔·普京（Vladimir Putin）进行了交谈，这是两年半以来的第一次。马克龙办公室说，他们在电话上讲话了两个多小时，并补充说，法国总统敦促在乌克兰停火，并进行谈判开始“冲突的坚实而持久的解决”。克里姆林宫说，普京“提醒马克龙”，西方的政策应归咎于战争，因为它“多年来忽略了俄罗斯的安全利益”。上个月，俄罗斯的长期领导人告诉圣彼得堡的一个论坛，他将俄罗斯人和乌克兰人视为一个人，“从这个意义上说，整个乌克兰都是我们的人”。莫斯科目前控制着约20％的乌克兰领土，其中包括2014年吞并的克里米亚半岛。尽管遭受了严重的损失，但最近几个月俄罗斯在乌克兰取得了缓慢的进步，并宣布对本周东部卢汉斯地区的全面控制 - 这尚未被独立验证。莫斯科还说，它已在dnipropetrovsk的东南地区占领了领土，这是乌克兰军队否认的主张。同时，周二，乌克兰的一次袭击在俄罗斯武器生产工厂杀死了三人，在伊兹夫斯克（Izhevsk）制造无人机和雷达，距离乌克兰边境超过1,000公里（620英里）。
