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2022 年 2 月 15 日
美国东部标准时间下午 3 点 29 分
拜登总统发表讲话谈俄罗斯和乌克兰局势的最新情况

总统：下午好。今天，我想就涉及俄罗斯和乌克兰的危机局势提供一些最新信息。
从这场危机一开始，我就绝对明确和一贯地表明：无论发生什么情况，美国都已做好准备。
我们已准备好通过外交手段与俄罗斯以及我们的盟国和合作伙伴进行沟通，以增进整个欧洲的稳定与安全。
我们已准备好就俄罗斯对乌克兰的攻击做出果断反应，这种攻击仍然极有可能。
这是过去几周乃至几个月以来我们一直采取的方针，目前仍然是我们的方针。
所以，今天我想和美国人民谈一谈那里的局势、我们已经采取的步骤、我们准备采取的行动、我们和世界所面临的风险，以及这可能会对国内所产生的影响。
几个星期以来，本届政府与我们的盟国及其合作伙伴一起一直在进行不间断的外交努力。
本周末我与普京总统再次通话，明确表明我们随时准备继续进行高层外交努力，在俄罗斯、美国以及欧洲国家之间达成书面谅解，以解决合理的安全关注，如果这是他所希望的话。他们的安全关注和我们的安全关注。
普京总统和我一致认为，我们的团队应继续与我们的欧洲盟友和合作伙伴一起为实现这一目的而努力。
昨天，俄罗斯政府公开提议继续采用外交手段。我对此表示同意。我们应该给予外交手段一切可以成功的机会。我相信有现实的方法可以解决我们各自的安全关注。
美国提出了在欧洲建立安全环境的具体设想。
我们提出新的军备控制措施、新的透明度措施以及新的战略稳定措施。这些措施将适用于所有各方，包括北约和俄罗斯。
我们愿意采取切实可行的、以结果为导向的步骤，以促进我们的共同安全。但是，我们绝对不会牺牲基本原则。
国家享有主权和领土完整的权利。各国拥有设定自己的发展方向和选择与谁交往的自由。
但是，这仍然给外交和缓和局势留有很大空间。在我们看来，这对各方来说都是最佳的推进方式。我们将与我们的盟国和合作伙伴密切协商，继续我们的外交努力。
只要还有一线希望可以通过外交解决方案来防止使用武力并避免随之而来的令人难以想象的人间苦难，我们就会努力追求。
俄罗斯国防部今天说，一些部队正在离开乌克兰附近的阵地。
这当然很好，但我们尚未得到证实。我们还没有证实俄罗斯军队正在返回基地。确实，我们的分析人员表示，俄罗斯军队仍然保持着高度的的威胁态势。事实仍然是，俄罗斯目前有超过 15 万军队部署在白俄罗斯和乌克兰边境，对乌克兰形成包围之势。
显而易见，入侵仍然可能发生。这就是为什么我已多次要求所有居住在乌克兰的美国人马上撤离，以免过晚来不及安全撤离。这就是为什么我们暂时将大使馆从基辅 (Kyiv) 迁至乌克兰西部的利沃夫 (Lviv)，接近波兰边境。
针对俄罗斯的计划和局势的严重性，我们一直对美国人民和世界保持透明，以便每一个人都能亲眼看到正在发生的情况。我们分享了我们所掌握的信息以及我们在为应对这一局势做些什么。
我想同样明确说明的是我们没有在做什么：
美国和北约没有对俄罗斯构成威胁。乌克兰没有在威胁俄罗斯。
美国和北约在乌克兰都没有部署导弹。我们也没有计划在那里部署导弹。
我们没有对准俄罗斯人民。我们不寻求破坏俄罗斯的稳定。
我想告诉俄罗斯公民的是：你们不是我们的敌人。而且，我不相信你们想要对乌克兰发动一场血腥的破坏性战争——乌克兰是一个与你们在家庭、历史和文化方面有着如此深远纽带的国家和民族。
七十七年以前，我们的人民曾经为结束历史上最惨烈的战争而并肩作战，献出生命。
第二次世界大战是一场必然之战。但是，如果俄罗斯攻击乌克兰，那将是一场选择之战，或者说是一场没有原因或理由的战争。
我提到这些并非为了激怒任何人，而是为了说出真相——因为真相至关重要；责任至关重要。
如果俄罗斯果真在未来几天或几周内入侵的话，将会给乌克兰带来巨大的人员伤亡，俄罗斯也将付出巨大的战略代价。
如果俄罗斯进攻乌克兰，它将遭到整个国际社会的强烈谴责。世界不会忘记俄罗斯选择了不必要的死亡和毁灭。
入侵乌克兰将被证明是搬起石头砸自己的脚。
美国及其盟国和合作伙伴将做出果断回应。西方国家团结一致，随时准备采取行动。
今天，我们的北约盟国和这一联盟一如既往地团结一致，坚定不移。我们牢不可破的力量源泉仍然是来自于我们共同民主价值观念的力量、韧性和普世吸引力。
因为这不仅仅是关于俄罗斯和乌克兰。这是事关我们的信念，事关我们世界的未来，事关自由——事关自由，无数国家选择自己命运的权利，人民决定自己未来的权利，以及事关一个国家不能以武力改变邻国边界的原则。这就是我们的愿景。就此而言，我相信这一愿景和自由将战胜一切。
如果俄罗斯一意孤行，我们将号召全世界反对它的侵略行动。
美国及其世界各地的盟国和合作伙伴已准备好实施强有力的制裁对 [和] 出口管制，包括在 2014 年俄罗斯入侵克里米亚和乌克兰东部时我们没有采取的行动。我们将对它们最大的和最重要的金融机构和重点行业施加巨大压力。
一旦和如果俄罗斯采取进犯行动，这些措施便会立即实施。我们将会施加带来长期后果的压力，削弱俄罗斯在经济和战略上的竞争能力。
就北溪2号天然气管道 (Nord Stream 2) ——将天然气从俄罗斯输送到德国的管道——而言，如果俄罗斯进一步入侵乌克兰，这一项目将终止。
虽然我不会派遣美国军人到乌克兰与俄罗斯作战，但我们为乌克兰军队提供了帮助他们进行自卫的装备。出于同样目的，我们也提供了培训、建议和情报。
毋庸置疑，美国将会以美国的全部力量保卫北约的每一寸领土。对一个北约国家的攻击即是对我们所有国家的攻击。美国对集体防御第五条 (Article 5) 的承诺是神圣不可侵犯的。
作为对俄罗斯集结军事力量的回应，我已经派出更多的美军来加强北约的东翼。
我们的几个盟国也已经宣布，它们将增派部队和军事力量，以确保北约东翼的威慑力和防御。
我们还将继续与我们的盟国和合作伙伴开展军事演习，以加强防御准备。
如果俄罗斯入侵，我们将采取进一步措施加强我们在北约的军事力量，让我们的盟友放心，并阻止进一步的侵略行动。
这是一项团结共和党人和民主党人的事业。我要感谢为捍卫我们最基本、最具两党支持和最具美国精神的原则而大声疾呼的国会两党领袖和议员。
我坦承，这不是一个轻松的决定。我们的能源价格可能会受到影响，因此我们正在采取积极措施，以减轻我们自身能源市场的压力，抵消价格上涨的影响。
我们正在与主要能源消费者和生产者进行协调。我们准备利用我们可以使用的所有工具和权限，为汽油价格带来缓解。
我将与国会一起合作，制定额外措施，帮助保护消费者利益，并解决对加油站价格的影响。
我们不寻求与俄罗斯直接对抗。但是我已表明，如果俄罗斯对在乌克兰的美国人进行攻击，我们将作出有力回应。
如果俄罗斯通过非对称方式攻击美国或我们的盟国，譬如针对我们公司或关键基础设施进行破坏性网络攻击，我们已做好回应准备。
我们正在与我们的北约盟国和合作伙伴采取步调一致的行动，深化我们对网络空间威胁的集体防御。
眼前仍有两条途径。为了俄罗斯和美国对全球稳定所共同具有的历史责任，为了我们共同的未来，选择外交途径。
但毋庸置疑的是：如果俄罗斯悍然入侵乌克兰，全球负责任的国家将毫不犹豫地做出回应。
如果我们今天不奋起捍卫面临危险的自由，我们明天肯定要付出更大的代价。
谢谢你们。我会随时向你们通告情况。
美国东部标准时间下午 3点50分
 
欲查看原稿内容:   https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/02/15/remarks-by-president-biden-providing-an-update-on-russia-and-ukraine/
本译文仅供参考，只有英文原稿才可以被视为权威资料来源。
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Remarks by President Biden Providing an Update on Russia and Ukraine

FEBRUARY 15, 2022•SPEECHES AND REMARKS
East Room
3:29 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  Today, I’d like to provide an update on the crisis involving Russia and Ukraine.
From the beginning of this crisis, I have been absolutely clear and consistent: The United States is prepared no matter what happens.
We are ready with diplomacy — to be engaged in diplomacy with Russia and our Allies and partners to improve stability and security in Europe as a whole.
And we are ready to respond decisively to a Russian attack on Ukraine, which is still very much a possibility.
Through all of the events of the last few weeks and months, this has been our approach.  And it remains our approach now.
So, today I want to speak to the American people about the situation on the ground, the steps we’ve taken, the actions we’re prepared to take, and what’s at stake for us and the world, and how this may impact on us here at home.
For weeks now, together with our Allies and partners, my administration has engaged in non-stop diplomacy.
This weekend I spoke again with President Putin to make clear that we are ready to keep pursuing high-level diplomacy to reach written understandings among Russia, the United States, and the nations of Europe to address legitimate security concerns if that’s what — his wish.  Their security concerns and ours.
President Putin and I agreed that our teams should continue to engage toward this end along with our European Allies and partners.
Yesterday, the Russian government publicly proposed to continue the diplomacy.  I agree.  We should give the diplomacy every chance to succeed.  I believe there are real ways to address our respective security concerns.
The United States has put on the table concrete ideas to establish a security environment in Europe.
We’re proposing new arms control measures, new transparency measures, new strategic stability measures.  These measures would apply to all parties — NATO and Russia alike.
And we’re willing to make practical, results-oriented steps that can advance our common security.  We will not sacrifice basic principles, though.
Nations have a right to sovereignty and territorial integrity.  They have the freedom to set their own course and choose with whom they will associate.
But that still leaves plenty of room for diplomacy and for de-escalation.  That’s the best way forward for all parties, in our view.  And we’ll continue our diplomatic efforts in close consultation with our Allies and our partners.
As long as there is hope of a diplomatic resolution that prevents the use of force and avoids the incredible human suffering that would follow, we will pursue it.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported today that some military units are leaving their positions near Ukraine.
That would be good, but we have not yet verified that.  We have not yet verified that Russian military units are returning to their home bases.  Indeed, our analysts indicate that they remain very much in a threatening position.  And the fact remains: Right now, Russia has more than 150,000 troops encircling Ukraine in Belarus and along Ukraine’s border.
An invasion remains distinctly possible.  That’s why I’ve asked several times that all Americans in Ukraine leave now before it’s too late to leave safely.  It is why we have temporarily relocated our embassy from Kyiv to Lviv in western Ukraine, approaching the Polish border.
And we’ve been transparent with the American people and with the world about Russia’s plans and the seriousness of the situation so that everyone can see for themselves what is happening.  We have shared what we know and what we are doing about it.
Let me be equally clear about what we are not doing:
The United States and NATO are not a threat to Russia.  Ukraine is not threatening Russia.
Neither the U.S. nor NATO have missiles in Ukraine.  We do not — do not have plans to put them there as well.
We’re not targeting the people of Russia.  We do not seek to destabilize Russia.
To the citizens of Russia: You are not our enemy.  And I do not believe you want a bloody, destructive war against Ukraine — a country and a people with whom you share such deep ties of family, history, and culture.
Seventy-seven years ago, our people fought and sacrificed side by side to end the worst war in history.
World War Two was a war of necessity.  But if Russia attacks Ukraine, it would be a war of choice, or a war without cause or reason.
I say these things not to provoke but to speak the truth — because the truth matters; accountability matters.
If Russia does invade in the days or weeks ahead, the human cost for Ukraine will be immense, and the strategic cost for Russia will also be immense.
If Russia attacks Ukraine, it’ll be met with overwhelming international condemnation.  The world will not forget that Russia chose needless death and destruction.
Invading Ukraine will prove to be a self-inflicted wound.
The United States and our Allies and partners will respond decisively.  The West is united and galvanized.
Today, our NATO Allies and the Alliance is as unified and determined as it has ever been.   And the source of our unbreakable strength continues to be the power, resilience, and universal appeal of our shared democratic values.
Because this is about more than just Russia and Ukraine.  It’s about standing for what we believe in, for the future we want for our world, for liberty — for liberty, the right of countless countries to choose their own destiny, and the right of people to determine their own futures, for the principle that a country can’t change its neighbor’s borders by force.  That’s our vision.  And toward that end, I’m confident that vision, that freedom will prevail.
If Russia proceeds, we will rally the world to oppose its aggression.
The United States and our Allies and partners around the world are ready to impose powerful sanctions on [and] export controls, including actions that did not — we did not pursue when Russia invaded Crimea and eastern Ukraine in 2014.  We will put intense pressure on their largest and most significant financial institutions and key industries.
These measures are ready to go as soon and if Russia moves.  We’ll impose long-term consequences that will undermine Russia’s ability to compete economically and strategically.
And when it comes to Nord Stream 2, the pipeline that would bring natural gas from Russia to Germany, if Russia further invades Ukraine, it will not happen.
While I will not send American servicemen to fight Russia in Ukraine, we have supplied the Ukrainian military with equipment to help them defend themselves.  We have provided training and advice and intelligence for the same purpose.
And make no mistake: The United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with the full force of American power.  An attack against one NATO country is an attack against all of us.  And the United States commitment to Article 5 is sacrosanct.
Already, in response to Russia’s build-up of troops, I have sent additional U.S. forces to bolster NATO’s eastern flank.
Several of our Allies have also announced they’ll add forces and capabilities to ensure deterrence and defense along NATO’s eastern flank.
We will also continue to conduct military exercises with our Allies and partners to enhance defensive readiness.
And if Russia invades, we will take further steps to reinforce our presence in NATO, reassure for our Allies, and deter further aggression.
This is a cause that unites Republicans and Democrats.  And I want to thank the leaders and members of Congress of both parties who have forcefully spoken out in defense of our most basic, most bipartisan, most American principles.
I will not pretend this will be painless.  There could be impact on our energy prices, so we are taking active steps to alleviate the pressure on our own energy markets and offset rising prices.
We’re coordinating with major enersy [sic] — energy consumers and producers.  We’re prepared to deploy all the tools and authority at our disposal to provide relief at the gas pump.
And I will work with Congress on additional measures to help protect consumers and address the impact of prices at the pump.
We are not seeking direct confrontation with Russia, though I have been clear that if Russia targets Americans in Ukraine, we will respond forcefully.
And if Russia attacks the United States or our Allies through asymmetric means, like disruptive cyberattacks against our companies or critical infrastructure, we are prepared to respond.
We’re moving in lockstep with our NATO Allies and partners to deepen our collective defense against threats in cyberspace.
Two paths are still open.  For the sake of the historic responsibility Russia and the United States share for global stability, for the sake of our common future — to choose diplomacy.
But let there be no doubt: If Russia commits this breach by invading Ukraine, responsible nations around the world will not hesitate to respond.
If we do not stand for freedom where it is at risk today, we’ll surely pay a steeper price tomorrow.
Thank you.  I’ll keep you informed.
END                3:50 P.M. EST