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罗斯福厅
2022 年 4 月 21 日
美东夏令时上午 10点01分
总统：大家早上好。抱歉让你们久等了。我刚才有幸与今天在华盛顿访问的乌克兰总理会面。他正在与我的一些内阁成员会谈，包括财政部长和其他官员。
我们谈得很好。我谈到了一些下面我要告诉你们的事情，以及——他感谢美国人民的支持，并理解这非常重要，而且——我们谈到了让所有各方保持团结一致，就欧洲、欧盟和其他国家而言，来努力制止普京的暴行。
但是，在我前往西海岸之前，我想简短地向美国人民通报一下我们为支持乌克兰人民并让普京为他发动的残酷和血腥的战争负责而正在采取的一些最新措施。
俄罗斯军队已经从基辅 (Kyiv) 撤退，留下了令人发指的证据。你们都已经看到并报道了这些证据——你们各位。而且，顺便说一句，我——我并不经常这样说，但我觉得我们应该对你们新闻机构中那些在乌克兰前线的人员给予极大的赞扬。他们是——他们真的是——我曾经与他们中的几位交谈过。这是——我们要归功于他们，将这些俄罗斯对乌克兰人民所犯下的暴行和战争罪行的证据揭露出来——现在全世界都已很清楚地看到这些证据。
现在，他们已经发起并重新集中于要在乌克兰东部占领领土的新的攻势。
我们目前正处于一个关键的时间窗口——他们正在为这场战争的下一个阶段做铺垫。
美国及其盟国和合作伙伴正在尽快采取行动，继续向乌克兰提供他们所需要的军力——他们所需要的武器——对不起——以及他们所需要的装备——他们的军队需要保卫自己的国家。
我已于上周签署了一项价值8亿美元的乌克兰安全援助计划，其中包括火炮系统和装甲运兵车等新装备——这些装备针对乌克兰的需求，并专门用于支持顿巴斯 (Donbas) 地区的激烈战斗，这里的战斗与比其他地区不同，因为两者——在地形上是不同的。那里地势平坦，不是山区，需要不同类型的武器才能更有效力。
今天，我宣布再拨款8亿美元，以进一步增强乌克兰在东部的作战能力——在顿巴斯地区。
这批援助包括重型火炮武器——几十门榴弹炮——以及与这些榴弹炮配套的14万4千发炮弹。还包括更多的战术无人机。
在过去的两个月里，我们以前所未有的速度将武器和装备运往乌克兰。
我们已经运送了数以千计的反装甲导弹和防[空]导弹、直升机、无人机、榴弹发射器、机枪、步枪和雷达系统。而且已经运送了超过5000万发弹药。
美国一国就针对乌克兰境内的每一辆俄罗斯坦克提供了十套反装甲系统—— 以10 对 1。
我们正在并将继续与乌克兰分享重要和及时的情报，以帮助他们抵御俄罗斯的侵略。
除了这些美国直接做出的贡献外，我们还在提供便利；我们正在促成武器和相关系统从世界各地的其他盟国和合作伙伴那里大量运往乌克兰，例如斯洛伐克最近运往乌克兰的 S-300 远程防空系统。我们将它们运送进去。
我们不是总能宣传我们——我们的合作伙伴正在为支持乌克兰为自由而战所做的每件事情。
但是，让我们针对目前的情况来借用泰迪·罗斯福 (Teddy Roosevelt) 的一句名言：有时我们将温言在口，标枪在手。因为我们也在运送很多标枪系统。
你们知道，但我们没有——在为乌克兰提供国会批准的资金方面没有任何耽搁。我们将它直接运送到为自由而战的前线，送到那些站在突破口的无畏的、身手不凡的乌克兰战士手中。
你们得承认，你们得对——一定对这个国家的勇气和他们表现出的决心赞叹不已，不仅仅是军队——他们的军队，还有那些普通公民：男性和女性，以及年轻人——男女青年。
这是——你们知道，在美国的领导和协助下，国际社会持续不断、相互协调的支持——是乌克兰迄今为止能够阻止俄罗斯占领他们的国家的一个重要原因。
每一位美国纳税人和我们武装部队的每一位成员，都可以为我们国家的慷慨和我们军队在协助提供装备击退俄罗斯对乌克兰的侵略方面展现的技能和给予的贡献感到自豪，以挫败普京试图夺取乌克兰首都并彻底摧毁乌克兰政府的野蛮行径。
基辅战役 (The Battle of Kyiv) 是乌克兰人民的一次历史性胜利。这是一场自由的胜利，是一场乌克兰人民在美国及其盟国和合作伙伴的空前援助下所赢得的胜利。
现在——现在我们必须加快援助计划的步伐，以帮助乌克兰对俄罗斯的进攻做好准备，俄罗斯进攻的地理范围将更加有限，但其野蛮程度不会——其野蛮程度不会。
加上我们最近提取的物资，这将确保在接下来的几周内武器和装备源源不断地送往乌克兰。
然而，加上这项最新支出，我几乎用完了国会上个月在一项两党支出法案中授权我给予乌克兰的提取权限。
为使乌克兰能够继续抗战，下周我将——必须向国会提出补充预算请求，以使武器和弹药不间断地送到勇敢的乌克兰战士手中，并继续向乌克兰人民提供经济援助。
希望——我的希望是，我期待的是国会将会迅速采取行动。我要感谢国会——民主党人和共和党人——对乌克兰人民的支持。
我们在国内的团结一致，我们与盟友和伙伴的团结一致以及我们与乌克兰人民的团结一致，向普京发出了一个明确无误的信息：他永远不能成功统治和占领整个乌克兰。他永远不能——那是不会实现的。
除了在战场上加强乌克兰的抵抗力量之外，我们还为乌克兰人民提供支持。
美国今天宣布，我们准备向乌克兰政府再提供5亿美元的直接经济援助。
这使我们在过去两个月里为乌克兰提供的经济支持总额达到10亿美元。
乌克兰政府可以利用这笔资金帮助稳定他们的经济，帮助那些遭俄罗斯猛烈攻击摧残的社区，并为那些持续为乌克兰人民提供基本服务的勇敢的工作人员支付报酬。
你们知道，过去几周看到了普京征服和控制的野心所带来的可怕人道主义代价。大约三分之二——三分之二——的乌克兰儿童流离失所。超过 500 万乌克兰人逃离了自己的国家。这简直罪恶滔天。这种事情发生在21 世纪已经过去了将近四分之一的年代里，令人——（叹息）。
上个月在欧洲时，我宣布美国将欢迎和接受10万名乌克兰人，分担向逃离普京战争机器的乌克兰人提供帮助的责任。
我们已经迎接了成千上万的乌克兰人来到美国。
今天，我宣布一个计划，叫做“团结一致为乌克兰”(Unite for Ukraine)，这是一项新的计划，旨在使寻求避难的乌克兰人能够直接从欧洲前来美国。
这项新的人道便通入境许可计划将辅助现有的乌克兰人可以使用的法律途径，包括移民签证和难民办理。
它将为那些有美国保证人（例如家人或非政府组织）的乌克兰人提供从欧洲安全合法移民到美国的便捷途径。
这个程序是快捷的，简化高效的。它将确保美国履行对乌克兰人民的承诺，无需经由我们的南部边境。
我们还在继续加大对普京的压力，并在世界舞台上进一步孤立俄罗斯。
昨天，财政部推出了进一步措施，打击试图那些逃避我们前所未有的制裁的实体和个人——不仅仅是我们的制裁，而且是整个西方世界的制裁。
我今天宣布，美国将禁止与俄罗斯相关联的船只进出我们的港口，就像欧洲所做的那样。
这意味着没有任何一艘船——没有任何一艘悬挂俄罗斯国旗或者俄罗斯利益所拥有或经营的船，可以停靠美国的港口或进入我们的海岸。没有一艘。没有一艘。
这是我们与欧盟、英国和加拿大的合作伙伴共同采取的又一关键步骤——进一步拒绝让俄罗斯继续从其过去享受的国际经济体系中获益。
我们不知道这场战争会持续多久。但随着我们接近整整两个月之日，我们确知：
普京的野心未能在战场上得逞。在炮击数周之后，基辅依然屹立。
泽连斯基总统和他的民选政府仍然在执政。
乌克兰武装部队和许多加入进来的勇敢的乌克兰平民，挫败了俄罗斯对乌克兰的征服。
从第一天起，他们就得到了以我们美国为首的自由世界国家的大量武器、弹药、装甲和情报支持。
随着俄罗斯在军事方面继续缓慢费力地推进——他们的军事推进和对乌克兰的暴行，普京指望我们会失去兴趣。这一直是我的观点；你们从一开始就听到我这么说。他指望北约、欧盟以及我们的亚洲盟友开始分裂、离开。他押注西方世界的团结会破裂。他仍在押注这一点。
我们将再一次证明他错了。我们的决心不会减弱。我们将继续与勇敢和骄傲的乌克兰人民站在一起。我们捍卫自由、反对暴政的决心永远不会改变。就这么简单。
所以，我要再次感谢美国人民——感谢美国人民对乌克兰人民的支持。这是我们的——在我看来这是我们的责任，我们的这项努力已将全世界团结在一起。
非常感谢。谢谢你们。
问：总统先生——
总统：我只能回答一两个问题。我还要赶飞机。
问：普京声称控制马里乌波尔 (Mariupol) 是什么意思？是——这有多重要？
总统：首先：他是否确实已控制马里乌波尔值得怀疑。关于马里乌波尔，我们可以肯定的是：他应该允许建立人道走廊，让那些被困在钢铁厂和已被炸成废墟的地方的人离开——离开。这是任何、任何、任何一个国家元首在这种情况下都会做的。
因此，目前还没有证据表明马里乌波尔已经完全沦陷。
问：总统先生，关于第 42 条款，先生，您是否在考虑推迟解除第 42 条款？
总统：不。我在考虑的是继续听取我的——我的——
嗯，首先，司法部将提出上诉，作为一项原则，我们希望能够处于这样一个位置，即如果事实上科学家得出强有力的结论说我们需要第 42 条款，我们则能够这样做。
但目前尚未做出延长第 42 条款的决定。
谢谢您。
问：总统先生，美国对乌克兰的这种军事支持的水平和速度能维持多久？
总统：我——我们有能力这样做很长时间。问题是：我们是否能够继续保持国际社会的支持，继续向普京施压以阻止他侵占乌克兰？这是一点。第二点，确保我们继续维持经济制裁措施，随着时间的推移——我们已开始看到——制裁正在重创他们的经济和他们向前推进的能力。
所以，目前最重要的是保持团结。迄今一切都好。
非常感谢。
问：您打算要求多少补充资金？这项补充包含多少资金，先生？
总统：答案——现在正在决定过程中。我要求国防部基于他们的看法把我们的需要统计到一起。
谢谢你们。
 
美东夏令时间上午 10 点 14 分
 
欲查看原稿内容: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/04/21/remarks-by-president-biden-providing-an-update-on-russia-and-ukraine-3/
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。

Remarks By President Biden Providing an Update on Russia and Ukraine
APRIL 21, 2022•SPEECHES AND REMARKS

Roosevelt Room
10:01 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT:  Good morning, everyone.  Sorry to keep you waiting a little bit.  I had the honor of spending some time with the Ukrainian Prime Minister, who’s in town today.  And he is meeting with some of my Cabinet members, including the Secretary of Treasury and others.
And we had a — a good discussion.  I talked about what I’m about to tell you about today, as well as — he was thanking the American people for their support, understands it’s significant, and was — we talked about keeping everyone together, in terms of Europe, the European Union, and others, in the effort to stop Putin’s brutality.
But before I head out to the West Coast, I want to quickly update the American people on the latest steps we’re taking to support the people of Ukraine and to hold Putin accountable for his brutal and bloody war.
Russian forces have retreated from Kyiv, leaving behind them a horrifying evidence.  And you’ve seen it and you reported it — your folks.  And, by the way, I — I don’t say this often, but I think we should give enormous credit to the folks in your agencies that are on the ground in Ukraine, in these spots.  And they’re — they’re really — I’ve spoken to several of them.  It’s a — we owe them.  But uncovering these evidences of their atrocities and war crimes against the Ukrainian people — it’s so clear to the whole world now.
Now they’ve launched and refocused their campaign to seize new territory in eastern Ukraine.
And we’re in a critical window now of time where that — they’re going to set the stage for the next phase of this war.
And the United States and our Allies and partners are moving as fast as possible to continue to provide Ukraine the forces that they need — the weapons they need — excuse me — and the equipment they need — their forces need to defend their nation.
Last week, I signed an $800 million package of security assistance to Ukraine that included new capabilities like artillery systems and armored personnel carriers — equipment that is responsive to Ukraine’s needs and tailored to support the intensified fighting in the Donbas region, which is a different war than in other places because both — topographically it’s different.  It’s flat, it’s not in the mountains, and it requires different kinds of weapons to be more effective.
Today, I’m announcing another $800 million to further augment Ukraine’s ability to fight in the east — in the Donbas region.
This package includes heavy artillery weapons — dozens of Howitzers — and 144,000 rounds of ammunition to go with those Howitzers.  It also includes more tactical drones.
In the past two months, we’ve moved weapons and equipment to Ukraine at record speed.
We’ve sent thousands of anti-armor and anti-[air] missile[s], helicopters, drones, grenade launchers, machine guns, rifles, radar systems. More than 50 million rounds of ammunition had already been sent.
The United States alone has provided 10 anti-armor systems for every one Russian tank that’s in Ukraine — a 10 to 1 ratio.
We’re sharing and will continue to share significant, timely intelligence with Ukraine to help defend them against Russian aggression.
And on top of this, these direct contributions from the United States, we’re facilitating; we’re the outfit facilitating the significant flow of weapons and systems to Ukraine from other Allies and partners around the world, like the S-300 long-range, anti-aircraft systems that Slovakia recently transferred to Ukraine.  We are getting them in there.
We won’t always be able to advertise everything we — that our partners are doing to support Ukraine in its fight for freedom.
But to modernize Teddy Roosevelt’s famous advice: Sometimes we will speak softly and carry a large Javelin.  Because we’re sending a lot of those in as well.
You know, but we’re not — we’re not sitting on the funding that Congress has provided for Ukraine.  We’re sending it directly to the frontlines of freedom, to the fearless and skilled Ukrainian fighters who are standing in the breach.
You got to admit, you have — must be amazed at the courage of this country, the resolve that they’re showing, not just the milit- — their military, but the average citizen: men and women, young — young men, young women as well.
It’s — you know, the sustained and coordinated support of the international community, led and facilitated by the United States, has a — is a significant reason why Ukraine is able to stop Russia from taking over their country thus far.
Every American taxpayer, every member of our Armed Forces can be proud of the fact that our country’s generosity and the skill and service of our military helped arm and repel Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, to beat back Putin’s savagery that tried to seize Ukraine’s capital and wipe out Ukraine’s government.
The Battle of Kyiv was a historic victory for the Ukrainians.  It was a victory for freedom, won by the Ukrainian people with unprecedented assistance by the United States and our Allies and our partners.
Now — now we have to accelerate that assistance package to help prepare Ukraine for Russia’s offensive that’s going to be more limited in terms of geography, but not in terms of brutality — not in terms of brutality.
Combined with our recent drawdowns, it will ensure a steady flow of weapons and equipment into Ukraine over the next few weeks.
However, with this latest disbursement, I’ve almost exhausted the drawdown authority I have that Congress authorized for Ukraine in a bipartisan spending bill last month.
In order to sustain Ukraine for the duration of this fight, next week I’m going to — have to be sending to Congress a supplemental budget request to keep weapons and ammunition flowing without interruption to the brave Ukrainian fighters and to continue to deliver economic assistance to the Ukrainian people.
Hope — and my hope is and my expectation is Congress would move and act quickly.  And I want to thank the Congress — Democrats and Republicans — for their support for the people of Ukraine.
Our unity at home, our unity with our Allies and partners, and our unity with the Ukrainian people is sending an unmistakable message to Putin: He will never succeed in dominating and occupying all of Ukraine.  He will not — that will not happen.
In addition to bolstering Ukraine’s resistance on the battlefield, we’re also demonstrating our support for the people of Ukraine.
Today, the United States is announcing that we intend to provide an additional $500 million in direct economic assistance to the Ukrainian government.
This brings our total economic support for Ukraine to $1 billion in the past two months.
This is money the government can help use to help stabilize their economy, to support communities that have been devastated by the Russian onslaught, and pay the brave workers that continue to provide essential services to the people of Ukraine.
You know, these past weeks have seen a terrible human cost of Putin’s ambition for conquest and control.  Approximately two thirds — two thirds — of all Ukrainian children have been displaced from their homes.  More than 5 million Ukrainians have fled their country.  It’s an absolute outrage.  The idea this is happening approaching the second quarter of the 21st century is just — (sighs).
Last month, when I was in Europe, I announced that the United States would welcome 100,000 Ukrainians so that we share in the responsibility of supporting Ukrainians fleeing Putin’s war machine.
We’ve already welcomed tens of thousands of Ukrainians to the United States.
And today, I’m announcing a program, “Unite for Ukraine” — a new program to enable Ukrainians seeking refuge to come directly from Europe to the United States.
This new humanitarian parole program will complement the existing legal pathways available to Ukrainians, including immigrant visas and refugee processing.
It will provide an expedient channel for secure, legal migration from Europe to the United States for Ukrainians who have a U.S. sponsor, such as a family or an NGO.
This program will be fast.  It will be streamlined.  And it will ensure the United States honors its commitment to go to the Ukrainian people and need not go through our southern border.
We’re also continuing to ratchet up the pressure on Putin and further isolate Russia on the world stage.
Yesterday, the Treasury Department rolled out additional measures to crack down on the entities and individuals attempting to evade our unprecedented sanctions — not just ours, but throughout the West.
Today, I’m announcing that the United States will ban Russian-affiliated ships from our ports, as they did in Europe.
That means no ship — no ship that sails under the Russian flag or that is owned or operated by Russian interests will be allowed to dock in a United States port or access our shores.  None.  None.
This is yet another critical step we’re taking in concert with our partners in the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Canada and — further to deny Russia the benefits of the international economic system that they so enjoyed in the past.
We don’t know how long this war will last.  But as we approach the two-month mark, here’s what we do know:
Putin has failed to achieve his grand ambitions on the battlefield.  After weeks of shelling Kyiv, Kyiv still stands.
President Zelenskyy and his democratically elected government still remain in power.
And the Ukrainian armed forces, joined by many brave Ukrainian civilians, have thwarted Russia’s conquest of their country.
They have been bolstered from day one by an unstinting supply of weapons, ammunition, armor, intelligence from the nations of the free world led by us, the United States.
As Russia continues to grind out the military advances and — their military advances and the brutalities against Ukraine, Putin is banking on us losing interest.  That’s been my view; you’ve heard me say this from the beginning.  He was counting on NATO, the European Union, our allies in Asia cracking, moving away.  He’s betting on Western unity will crack.  He’s still betting on that.
And, once again, we’re going to prove him wrong.  We will not lessen our resolve.  We’re going to continue to stand with the brave and proud people of Ukraine.  We will never fail in our determination to defend freedom and oppose tyranny.  It’s as simple as that.
So, again, I want to thank the American people — thank the American people for their support of the Ukrainian people.  This is our — this is our responsibility, it seems to me, and we’ve been able to hold the whole world together in this effort.
So, thank you very much.  Thank you.
Q    Mr. President —
THE PRESIDENT:  I’m going to take just one or two questions.  I’ve got a plane to catch.
Q    What does — what does Putin claiming control over Mariupol mean?  Is that — how significant is that?
THE PRESIDENT:  Well, first of all, it’s questionable whether he does control Mariupol.  One thing for sure we know about Mariupol: He should allow humanitarian corridors to let people on that steel mill and other places that are buried under rubble to get out — to get out.  That’s what any, any, any head of state would do in such a circumstance.
And so, there is no evidence yet that Mariupol has completely fallen.
Q    Mr. President, on Title 42, sir, are you considering delaying lifting Title 42?
THE PRESIDENT:  No.  What I’m considering is continuing to hear from my — my —
Well, first of all, there’s going to be an appeal by the Justice Department because, as a matter of principle, we want to be able to be in a position where if, in fact, it is strongly concluded by the scientists that we need Title 42, that we be able to do that.
But there has been no decision on extending Title 42.
Thank you.
Q    Mr. President, how long can the U.S. maintain the level and pace of this military support for Ukraine?
THE PRESIDENT:  I — well, we have the capacity to do this for a long time.  The question is: Are we going to continue to maintain the support of the international community and keep the pressure on Putin to prevent him from overrunning the country?  Number one.  And, number two, make sure we continue to maintain the economic sanctions, which, over time — and we’re beginning to see it — are devastating their economy and their ability to move forward.
So, the most important thing right now is maintain the unity.  So far, so good.
Thank you very much.
Q    How much money are you going to ask for in the supplemental?  How much money in the supplemental, sir?
THE PRESIDENT:  The answer — that’s being decided now.  And I’m asking the Defense Department to put together what they think we need.
Thank you.
10:14 A.M. EDT