美国国务院
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国务卿安东尼·布林肯
2022 年 3 月 16 日
最近几天，俄罗斯将对乌克兰的蓄意、无端和无理的战争升级，袭击医院，摧毁学校，将民用基础设施夷为平地，杀死了数百名平民。在乌克兰军队继续英勇反击俄罗斯新攻势的同时，美国及其盟国和合作伙伴坚定不移地支持乌克兰的主权和领土完整，并继续加快对乌克兰的安全援助。这包括本周新为乌克兰提供的 10 亿美元安全援助。
根据由总统签署为法律的《乌克兰补充拨款法案》(Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act) 所赋予的附加权限以及总统今天早些时候的一项授权，我已立即授权执行“动用资金总统令”(Presidential Drawdown)，为乌克兰的防御提供高达 8 亿美元的军事援助。这是过去 6 个月内第五次为乌克兰动用国防部设备资源。连同3 月 12 日批准的 2 亿美元，美国批准的对乌克兰的安全援助总额仅在上周一周就达到10 亿美元。我们能够提供这种程度的援助，是由于我们与国会的合作，我们对国会的反响与慷慨深表感谢。我们将继续与议员们密切合作，为我们的乌克兰合作伙伴提供支持，并让俄罗斯政府付出代价。
今天宣布的援助几乎将本届政府自上任以来对乌克兰的安全援助总额加倍，达到超过 20 亿美元，从而使我们能够急剧增加更多所需援助，包括乌克兰安全部队现在正在实地的卫国作战中使用的防空、反坦克和反装甲系统以及小型武器和军需品。
美国将继续与支持乌克兰人民保卫国家的国际社会各国站在一起，并将继续强烈要求普京总统停止暴力、缓和局势，并选择外交途径。在此之前，我们将与我们的伙伴和盟友保持密切联系和协调，团结全世界热爱自由的国家，继续让俄罗斯政府及其帮凶承担迅速而严重的后果，并继续大量提供外交支持、安全与经济援助，以及乌克兰人民所需的人道援助。
 
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$1 Billion in New U.S. Security Assistance for Ukraine This Week

PRESS STATEMENT
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE
MARCH 16, 2022
In recent days, Russia has escalated its premeditated, unprovoked, and unjustified war on Ukraine, striking hospitals, demolishing schools, leveling civilian infrastructure, and killing hundreds of civilians.  As Ukrainian forces bravely continue to combat Russia’s renewed invasion, the United States and its Allies and partners stand steadfast in support of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we continue expediting security assistance to Ukraine.  This includes $1 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine this week.
Exercising the additional authority provided in the Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act signed into law by the President, I have immediately authorized, pursuant to a delegation by the President executed earlier today, a Presidential Drawdown of military assistance valued at up to $800 million for Ukraine’s defense.  This authorization is the fifth drawdown of equipment from Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine in the last 6 months.  Combined with $200 million authorized March 12, it will bring the total U.S. security assistance approved for Ukraine to $1 billion in the last week alone.  We are able to provide this level of assistance because of our partnership with Congress, whose responsiveness and generosity we deeply appreciate.  We will continue to work closely with lawmakers to support our Ukrainian partners and impose costs on the Russian government.
Today’s announcement nearly doubles total security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Administration to more than $2 billion, enabling us to surge additional needed assistance, including anti-aircraft, anti-tank, and anti-armor systems as well as small arms and munitions used by Ukrainian security forces on the ground right now in the fight to defend their country.
The United States will continue to stand together with the community of nations backing the people of Ukraine as they defend their country and will continue to urge President Putin to stop the violence, de-escalate, and choose the path of diplomacy.  Until then, we will remain in close contact and coordination with our partners and allies, rally freedom-loving countries worldwide to continue delivering swift and severe consequences to the Russian Government and its enablers, and keep surging diplomatic support, security and economic assistance, and humanitarian aid to help the people of Ukraine in their time of need.