Kerry: We'll Hold Russia To Account
Speaking at the Senate, US Secretary of State John Kerry said he would not hold back from using 21st Century tools to hold Russia accountable for 19th Century behaviour.
新闻背景:
美国国务卿克里谴责俄罗斯干预乌克兰内政,并声称美国已在制定针对俄重要经济领域的新制裁。
乌克兰能源和煤炭工业部长在基辅的新闻发布会上说,乌克兰国家石油天然气公司自4月1日起暂停从俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司采购天然气。
美国国务院说,美国打算与俄罗斯、乌克兰和欧盟会晤,就乌克兰东部地区局势升级举行磋商。
俄罗斯外交部称俄没有在乌克兰举行任何不同寻常或计划外的军事行动,俄军在本国境内的日常活动没有威胁到美国和其他欧安组织成员国的安全,乌克兰和美国没有理由担忧。俄外长拉夫罗夫则批评美国“转嫁责任”。
Russia's clear and unmistakably involvement and destablizing and engaging in separative activities in the east of Ukraine is more than deeply disturbing. No one should be fooled, and believe me, no one is fool by what could potentially be contrived pretext from military intervention just as we saw in Crimea. It is clear that Russian special forces and agents have been the catalists behind the chaos in the last 24 hours.Some of them have even be arrested and exposed, and equally as clear must be the reality that United States and our allies will not hesitate to use the 21st century tools to hold Russia accountable for the 19th century behaviors.It is clear that the United States and our closest partners are united in this effort. Despite the costs, and we'll put into effect tough new sanctions on those orgastrating this action and on key sectors of the Russian economy. In energy,banking, mining they are all on the table. it doesn't have to be this way,but it will be this way if Russia continues on this provocative path.my conversation yesterday with foreign minister Lacobav, we agreed to meet soon in Europe next week with Ukraine and our European partners to discuss the escalation demobolization inclusivity, support for elections and constitutional reform and it is not in our judgement as more matter as Russia agreed to set in the four party stellas with Ukraine at the table in the effort to forge road ahead.between now and then we have make it clear that Russia needs to take concete steps to disavow separative actions in the eastern Ukraine, pull back its forces outside its country which they say they have begun to do with the one movement in one bitallion,and demonstrate that they are prepared to do to come to discussions to do what it is necessary to diescalate.