据新华社报道，美国总统拜登20日突然造访乌克兰首都基辅，与乌总统泽连斯基举行会谈，宣布美对乌价值5亿美元新的一揽子军事援助。

 

US President Joe Biden made an unannounced visit to Kyiv on Monday to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky. Biden announced an additional 500 U.S. million dollars in military aid for Ukraine.

 

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据新华社援引乌克兰国家通讯社报道，拜登当天在与泽连斯基会谈后举行的联合记者会上宣布，美国及其西方盟友已向乌提供近700辆坦克、数以千计的装甲车、1000门火炮、200多万发炮弹、50多套远程火炮以及反舰和防空系统等武器和装备。

 

拜登同时宣布美国将向乌克兰提供包括海马斯多管火箭炮和“标枪”反坦克导弹系统弹药在内的价值5亿美元的新的一揽子军事援助。

 

据白宫记者团报道，此次军援的更多细节将于未来数天公布。

 

While speaking at a joint press conference with Zelensky, Biden said the new assistance package will consist of missiles for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and Javelin anti-tank missile systems, as well as more military equipment and weapons.

 

The United States and its allies have already committed nearly 700 tanks and thousands of armored vehicles and 1,000 artillery systems, among other aid to Ukraine, Biden said.

 

泽连斯基在联合记者会上说，俄乌冲突必须以乌克兰领土的完全恢复和签署对乌克兰的安全保障而结束。

 

For his part, Zelensky said the war must end with the full de-occupation of Ukrainian territories and security guarantees for Ukraine.

 

本月初，美国国防部发表声明，宣布向乌克兰提供21.75亿美元的新一轮军事援助，其中包括首次向乌方提供射程可达约150公里的远程火箭弹。据美联社报道，美国对乌军事援助已累计超过500亿美元。

 

美国内抗议，

特朗普：去俄亥俄州

 

19日下午，美国上千名反战人士在位于首都华盛顿市的林肯纪念堂前举行集会。组织者说，这可能是伊拉克战争以来美国最大反战示威，抗议者要求美国停止煽动俄乌冲突，敦促美国促进双方和谈，呼吁解散北约组织、削减美国军费等。

 

The brief visit also came at a time when more people in the United States and beyond are growing wary of the U.S. role in the year-long conflict. Hundreds of protesters on Sunday afternoon slammed the United States' role of "war machine" in overseas wars at a rally before the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

 

Organizers said the anti-war rally was planned to protest against massive money being funneled into Ukraine, as well as the United States' role in the Russia-Ukraine military conflict. The protesters then marched to the White House after the rally, chanting slogans like "No NATO, no war."

 

此外，美国前总统特朗普则在一场活动中批评拜登去了乌克兰而没有去俄亥俄州。

 

特朗普：“我们总统去了乌克兰，而俄亥俄的人民正急切等待帮助。”

 

“We have a president going to Ukraine and you people in Ohio that……are in desperate need of help.”

 

此前，美国诺福克南方铁路公司一列货运列车途经俄亥俄州东巴勒斯坦镇时因机械故障发生事故。事故造成该列车50节车厢脱轨或损坏，20节运载危险品的车厢中11节脱轨，其中5节罐车运载氯乙烯。氯乙烯是一种具有致癌性的无色气体，其燃烧产生的光气和氯化氢也是有毒气体。此外，事故车厢里还有多种其他危险化学品。拜登政府被批应对该事件不利。（戳这里回顾）

美媒关注拜登行程：

保密，但提前通知俄罗斯

 

除了军事援助等内容，美媒还关注到拜登此行的突然性。

 

根据CNN的报道，拜登此次“历史性的”基辅之行前，有“数月的策划”以及“数日的保密工作”。

 

 

报道称，对白宫而言，拜登之行的保密性需要采取非一般的措施。在出发前数周，拜登及其最高助理等人不断否认出访乌克兰的可能性。一切努力只为了让拜登实现“突访”。

 

Keeping Biden’s plans secret required extraordinary measures on the part of the White House. In the weeks leading up to Biden’s travel, he and top aides repeatedly shot down the possibility of a trip to Ukraine. Every effort was made to maintain that position in the hour leading up to Biden’s surprise arrival in Kyiv.

 

部分原因也在于本次出访的性质。尽管白宫中了解计划的“小圈子”有信心促成此事，但现实是，把美国总统送到没有美军制空权的“战区”绝非易事。

 

That was in part due to the fluid nature of the trip itself. Even as the small circle of White House officials looped in on the planning grew confident it was an achievable undertaking, the realities of sending a president into a war zone where the US had no control over the air space were daunting.

 

而外媒基本上“统一口径”的认为拜登之行“出人意料（surprise）”

 

 

CNN指出，在上周五，拜登最终“开了绿灯”，他在白宫的椭圆办公室下了决定。而启程后，美国的官员们就采取措施通知了莫斯科方面相关计划。

 

The final decision was made in an Oval Office meeting on Friday evening, when Biden gave the final green light. Once the trip was on, US officials took steps to notify Moscow of their plans.

 

美联社报道称，美国国家安全顾问沙利文表示，在出发基辅前数小时，美方确实通报了俄罗斯。他没有透露消息的具体内容以及他向谁做了通报，不过他说此举在于避免两个拥核国家误判形势导致直接冲突。

 

“We did notify the Russians that President Biden will be traveling to Kyiv,” Sullivan told reporters. “We did so some hours before his departure for deconfliction purposes.” He declined to specify the exact message or to whom it was delivered but said the heads-up was to avoid any miscalculation that could bring the two nuclear-armed nations into direct conflict.

 

CNN称，尽管通报了俄罗斯，但华盛顿方面为了保密仍三缄其口。美国时间周日，拜登已经离开华府，但是记者们没有收到任何通知。当天晚间官方给出的安排，仍然写着拜登将于美东时间晚7点出发前往波兰。同样在周日早间播出的拜登国家安全发言人采访中，也否认他将要前往乌克兰。

 

In Washington, however, the secrecy had to be maintained to actually pull it all off. No notice was given to reporters on Sunday that Biden was no longer in Washington. The official White House schedule, released Sunday evening, still listed his departure for Poland at 7 p.m. ET on Monday. His top national security spokesman denied there was a possibility the president would visit Ukraine in an interview that aired Sunday morning.

 

但与此同时，拜登已经在数小时前从安德鲁森联合基地起飞，没有搭乘“空军一号”，而是乘坐了小一点的C-32军机。而同行的只有少数高级顾问，一名记者和一名摄像师，他们的电子设备在出发前也被收走。

 

But at that point, Biden had already lifted off from Joint Base Andrews hours before, not in the usual plane that is synonymous with Air Force One, but instead in a smaller Air Force C-32. Aboard was only a small clutch of senior advisers, one reporter and one photographer – whose electronic devices were taken from them before departure.

 

飞机经停德国的美军基地加油，随后继续飞往波兰，并在波兰小城热舒夫降落。随后，拜登小团体一行登上列车，用了大约10小时抵达基辅。

 

There would be a stop to refuel at a US base in Germany before continuing the flight into Poland. Biden landed in Rzeszow. Biden, his small contingent of advisers and Secret Service that traveled with him boarded the train to Kyiv for the roughly 10-hour trip.

 

美联社发表了拜登和沙利文在乘坐火车前往基辅途中的照片，并在报道的标题用了Sneak（潜行）一词。

 

美联社：“秘密地把总统从华盛顿带到基辅，而不让人知晓”

 

据剑桥词典的解释，sneak意为to go somewhere secretly, or to take someone or something somewhere secretly（秘密前往某处，或将某人某物秘密带到某处）。

 

乌克兰方面，CNN报道称，泽连斯基“高度赞赏拜登之行的重要性”。此外，泽连斯基还表示拜登之行对乌克兰有鼓舞作用，称和拜登的对话“让我们距离胜利更近一步”。拜登在基辅停留了5个小时，在结束乌克兰访问后，拜登回到波兰境内。

 

Zelensky hails importance of Biden's visit to Kyiv. Zelensky said negotiations between his and US President Joe Biden’s teams in Kyiv were a major boost to his country. “This conversation brings us closer to victory,” Zelensky said, speaking alongside Biden on Monday. Biden spent more than five hours in Kyiv. He has crossed into Poland after surprise trip to Ukraine.

 

美国时间周一，在拜登结束乌克兰之行后，沙利文没有对“拜登是否对特勤人员或军事人员施压以确保访问成功”一事表态。

 

On Monday, after the trip concluded, national security adviser Jake Sullivan declined to say whether Biden had to overrule Secret Service or military officials in order to proceed with the trip.

 

据环球网援引俄新社2月21日报道，俄罗斯总统新闻秘书、克宫发言人佩斯科夫称，美国总统拜登访问基辅不会对俄罗斯国内局势产生影响。俄罗斯塔斯社则报道，有俄官员认为此举显示乌克兰政府为拜登“傀儡”，拜登的目的在于为选举造势。

 

综合来源：新华网，中国日报网，CNN，美联社，塔斯社，中新网