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普京要让乌克兰“非军事化”｜Putin aims to demilitarize Ukraine Tensions escalated over the Ukraine situation on Thursday as Russian troops launched a "special military operation" authorized by Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Kyiv decides to **sever **ties with Russia. 2月24日，乌克兰局势急剧恶化，俄罗斯总统普京决定发起特别军事行动，而乌克兰总统泽连斯基决定与俄罗斯断绝外交关系。 Putin said in a televised urgent address that the operation was launched after the "authorities of Donetsk and Lugansk" requested assistance in "repelling Kyiv's military aggression". 普京在电视讲话中说，应“顿涅茨克和卢甘斯克共和国”当局请求协助击退基辅的军事侵略，俄罗斯已开始在乌克兰开展军事行动。 He said that Moscow would seek the "demilitarization and denazification" of Ukraine, called upon the Ukrainian army to lay down its weapons and that any attempts at foreign intervention would be met with a prompt response. 普京表示，莫斯科将寻求实现乌克兰“非军事化和去纳粹化”，呼吁乌克兰士兵放下武器，将对任何外部势力的干预迅速作出反应。 Moscow's plans do not include an occupation of Ukraine, Putin said, adding that the Ukrainian people have a right to self-determination. 俄罗斯的计划不包括占领乌克兰，普京补充道，乌克兰人民拥有自主权。 He also said that Russia could not allow Kyiv to obtain nuclear weapons and recalled NATO's "illegitimate expansion" to the east. 普京还指出，俄罗斯不会让乌克兰获得核武器，并回忆起北约向东的“非法扩张”。 Shortly after Putin spoke, reports emerged that there were explosions in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and power had been cut. 在普京发表讲话后不久，有报道称乌克兰首都基辅发生了爆炸，电力中断。 Reuters reported that Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities starting on Thursday morning. Ukraine reported columns of troops pouring across its borders into the eastern Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Lugansk regions, and landings by sea made at the cities of Odessa and Mariupol in the south. 据《路透社》报道，从2月24日开始，俄罗斯导弹在乌克兰城市上空席卷而下。据乌克兰报道，俄军越过边界线，进入切尔尼夫州东部、哈尔科夫州和卢甘斯克地区，并登陆敖德萨和东南部港口城市马里乌波尔。 Russia's Defense Ministry reported later on Thursday that Russian troops were not striking Ukrainian cities. It emphasized that Ukrainian military infrastructure was being destroyed by **precision **weapons. 当晚，俄罗斯国防部报道称，俄军没有对乌克兰城市进行炮击或空袭，而是使用精确武器打击军事基础设施。 According to the ministry, Ukraine's air defenses had been suppressed, military airfield infrastructure had been damaged and Ukrainian border guards were not putting up any resistance to Russian troops. 据俄国防部说法，乌克兰武装部队的防空力量已被完全压制，乌克兰武装部队空军的军事基础设施已瘫痪，乌克兰边防军没有对俄罗斯部队进行抵抗。 Explosions could be heard before dawn in Kyiv. Gunfire **rattled **out near the main airport and **sirens *blared across the city. 凌晨，在乌克兰首都基辅，爆炸声不绝于耳。主要机场附近炮火连连，警报声在城市上空高声鸣响。 Ukraine's President Zelensky announced that diplomatic relations with Russia had been cut, the country's state media Interfax-Ukraine reported. 据乌克兰国家媒体Interfax-Ukraine报道，乌克兰总统泽伦斯基宣布，乌克兰与俄罗斯断交。 Meanwhile, the Ukrainian parliament endorsed a presidential order declaring martial law. 同时，乌克兰议会正式批准总统颁布戒严令。 Zelensky also called on all citizens who were ready to defend the country to come forward, saying Kyiv would issue weapons to everyone who wants them. 泽伦斯基呼吁所有“准备保卫国家”的民众“挺身而出”，并称将向所有“希望得到武器的人”发放武器。 The Kyiv government sounded air raid sirens more than once in the morning. People poured into supermarkets to buy water and food, and roads toward the west were blocked by massive traffic jams as residents tried to escape the capital. 基辅政府2月25日早晨发出了不止一次空袭警报。人们涌向超市抢购水和事物，试图逃离首都，而通往西方的道路被大量车辆堵塞， A resident of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, the closest big city to the Russian border, said windows in apartment buildings were shaking from constant blasts. The city was gripped by panic as people tried to flee, said the resident, who asked not to be identified. 在乌克兰第二大城市、距离俄罗斯边境最近的城市哈尔科夫，一位不愿透露姓名的居民表示，公寓楼的玻璃由于持续的爆炸不断震动，人们四散逃亡，恐慌的气氛蔓延了整个城市。 Meanwhile, the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine announced in the morning that the border with Belarus had been attacked by troops from Russia and Belarus. 同时，乌克兰国家边防局上午宣布，乌克兰与白俄罗斯边境地区遭到了白俄罗斯和俄罗斯军队的袭击 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said his country had not participated in Russia's military operations in Ukraine. 白俄罗斯总统卢卡申科称白俄罗斯没有参与俄罗斯在乌克兰的特别军事行动。 Lukashenko added, however, that Belarusian troops could be used in the operation against Ukraine if needed. 但卢卡申科补充道，如果需要，白俄罗斯军队可以参与针对乌克兰的行动。 Russia claimed that two Ukrainian Air Force Su-24 jets had been shot down, and lots of Ukrainian government soldiers in Lugansk refused to take orders and began leaving the front line. 俄罗斯宣称两架乌克兰空军苏-24战机被击落，在卢甘斯克的乌克兰政府军前线大批官兵拒绝指挥部命令，并离开本方前沿阵地。 But the Ukrainian military soon denied that and they had shot down six Russian fighter jets and helicopters. They said one of their military units in Odessa had been attacked by a Russian airstrike, leaving six dead, seven wounded and 19 missing. 然而，乌克兰军方很快否认了这一说法，表示他们击落了六架俄罗斯战斗机和直升机。乌克兰武装部队在敖德萨的一个军事单位遭到轰炸机袭击，造成6人死亡，7人受伤，另有19人失踪。 sever 英 [ˈsevə(r)]；美 [ˈsevər] v. 切开；割断；切下；割下 rattle 英 [ˈrætl]；美 [ˈrætl] v.（使）发出震颤（或碰撞）声;（使）发出格格声 *precision ** 英[prɪˈsɪʒn]；美[prɪˈsɪʒn] n.精确；精密 siren 英[ˈsaɪrən]；美[ˈsaɪrən] n.汽笛;警报器 b*lasts* 英[blɑːst]；美[blæst] n.爆炸