This is VOA News. I'm Alexis Strope.
这里是美国之音新闻。记者亚历克西斯·斯特罗普(Alexis Strope)报道。
As lawmakers in Congress edge closer to a vote on a $61 billion security assistance package for Ukraine, a top U.S. intelligence official warned that help cannot come soon enough.
随着国会议员即将就针对乌克兰的610亿美元安全援助计划进行投票,美国一名高级情报官员警告称,援助还不够快。
VOA national security correspondent Jeff Seldin reports.
美国之音国家安全记者杰夫·塞尔丁(Jeff Seldin)报道。
CIA Director William Burns calls the situation dire and says Ukraine's fate may well hinge on what U.S. lawmakers do next.
中央情报局(CIA)局长威廉·伯恩斯称局势严峻,并表示乌克兰的命运很可能取决于美国立法者下一步的行动。
"There is a very real risk that the Ukrainians could lose on the battlefield by the end of 2024 ..."
“到2024年底,乌克兰人可能会战败,这是非常现实的风险……”
Speaking to an audience in Dallas, Burns described the U.S. supplemental assistance package as more than a lifeline for Kyiv in its war against Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
伯恩斯在达拉斯向观众发表讲话时表示,美国补充的援助计划不仅仅是乌克兰对抗俄罗斯和俄罗斯总统普京的生命线。
If Congress passes it soon, "Ukrainians are entirely capable of holding their own through 2024 and puncturing Putin's arrogant view that time is on his side."
如果国会很快通过该法案,“乌克兰人完全有能力在2024年之前坚持自己的立场,并打破普京认为时间站在他一边的傲慢观点。”
The CIA director says the U.S. aid will allow Ukraine to strike deeper into Crimea and do more damage to Russia's Black Sea Fleet. Jeff Seldin, VOA News, Washington.
CIA局长表示,美国的援助将使乌克兰能够深入克里米亚,并对俄罗斯黑海舰队造成更大损害。美国之音新闻记者杰夫·塞尔丁在华盛顿报道。
The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny the Palestinian Authority full membership of the world body.
美国周四在安理会投出否决票,否认巴勒斯坦权力机构在联合国的正式会员资格,从而打断了巴勒斯坦入联进程。
"The result of the vote is as follows. 12 votes in favor, one vote against, two abstentions.
“表决结果如下:12票赞成,1票反对,2票弃权。
The draft resolution has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of a permanent member of the Council."
由于有安理会常任理事国投反对票,该决议草案未获通过。”
The United States says an independent Palestinian state should be established through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and not through U.N. action.
美国表示,独立的巴勒斯坦国应该通过以色列和巴勒斯坦权力机构之间的直接谈判,而不是通过联合国的行动来建立。
It vetoed a draft resolution that recommended the 193-member U.N. General Assembly that, quote, "the State of Palestine be admitted to membership" of the United Nations.
美国否决了一项决议草案,该草案建议拥有193个成员国的联合国大会“接纳巴勒斯坦国为联合国会员国”。
Britain and Switzerland abstained, while the remaining 12 council members voted yes.
英国和瑞士投了弃权票,其余12个安理会成员投了赞成票。
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