On Tuesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made his third visit to Washington since the start of the war in Ukraine 22 months ago.
本周二,乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基对华盛顿进行了自22个月前俄乌冲突爆发以来的第三次访问。
He met with members of Congress as well as President Joe Biden.
他会见了美国国会议员以及美国总统乔·拜登。
The visit was Zelenskyy's in-person plea to save a 61 billion dollar U.S. defense package for war-torn Ukraine.
此次访问,泽连斯基亲自请求美国为饱受战争蹂躏的乌克兰提供610亿美元的国家安全一揽子计划。
Prior to his meeting on Capitol Hill, President Zelenskyy addressed a military audience at the National Defense University on Monday,
在国会会议之前,泽连斯基总统于本周一在美国国防大学向军事听众发表了演讲,
where he expressed hope that he could still count on the U.S. for assistance.
在讲话中他表示自己仍希望美国能提供援助。
Standing alongside the Ukrainian leader at a White House press conference, President Biden vowed on Tuesday that neither he nor the American people would walk away from Ukraine,
在周二举行的白宫新闻发布会上,与乌克兰领导人站在一起的拜登总统承诺,他和美国人民都不会抛弃乌克兰,
saying that allowing a Ukrainian defeat would mean Russian President Vladimir Putin "and would-be aggressors everywhere will be emboldened."
并表示让乌克兰失败将意味着俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京和世界各地的潜在侵略者将更加肆无忌惮。
Speaking to reporters during a meeting with Zelenskyy in the Oval Office,
在椭圆形办公室与泽连斯基会面时,拜登告知记者,
President Biden announced he would be releasing 200 million dollars in funding that's already been approved by Congress to help Ukraine with its defensive needs.
他将释放国会已经批准的2亿美元资金,以帮助乌克兰满足其防御需求。
While that's a small fraction of the 60 billion dollars Biden hoped for Ukraine in his supplementary funding request, the 200 million dollars can be released shortly.
虽然这只是拜登希望向乌克兰提供的600亿美元的额外资金的一小部分,但预计这2亿美元资金很快就会发放。