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华盛顿特区
2023年2月20日
拜登总统和乌克兰总统泽连斯基共同发表讲话
乌克兰基辅
马林斯基宫（Mariinsky Palace）
东欧时间上午10:49
 
[泽连斯基总统通过翻译发表讲话]
 
拜登总统：非常感谢您，总统先生。如您所知，总统先生，一年前的这个星期，我们正在通电话。当时华盛顿已是深夜，而基辅这里则是清晨。天上有俄罗斯的飞机，坦克越过你们的边境。您告诉我您能听到外面的爆炸声。我永远不会忘记这些。世界即将发生改变。
 
我记得很清楚，因为我问您——接下来我问您：“那里有什么情况，总统先生？我能为您做些什么？我能提供什么帮助？”
 
我不知道您是否记得您对我说的话，但您说的是，我引用原话：“聚集世界领导人。请他们支持乌克兰。” “聚集世界领导人，请他们支持乌克兰。”
 
您说您不知道我们什么时候才能再通话。一年前那个黑暗的夜晚，当时世界确实准备面对基辅的沦陷——感觉上这比一年的时间要长得多，但回想一下一年前——那甚至可能是乌克兰的终结。
但您知道，一年后，基辅依然屹立，乌克兰依然屹立。民主依然屹立。
 
美国人民与你们站在一起，世界与你们站在一起。
 
我必须说，基辅在我的心中占据了一个位置。我作为副总统曾六次来到这里，作为总统来过一次。2009年，我作为副总统第一次来到这里。然后在2014年，我在“尊严革命”（Revolution of Dignity）之后来过三次。2015年，我再次前来，在乌克兰议会（Rada）就努力建设强大的民主国家发表讲话。我还于2017年来访，就在我卸任副总统之前。
 
我知道我还会回来，但我不想留有任何悬念。尽管我们——当时选举已经结束，巴拉克（Barack）和我都要卸任了，但我还是决定在下一任总统宣誓就职之前再来一次基辅。
 
因此，泽连斯基总统，您今天在基辅让我深深地感到荣幸，在这里与您会面，与你们的军人、你们的情报人员、你们的外交团队和社区领袖会面，他们挺身而出——在危难之际为国效力。
 
这一壮举令人惊叹。人人挺身而出。每一个人——甚至妇女和儿童——都想做点什么。都想尽一份力。把人们救出遭到炮击的公寓楼——我认为这种袭击就是战争罪。
 
这的确令人惊叹。整个世界——整个世界都看到并持续目睹这一切。
 
这是欧洲四分之三个世纪以来最大规模的地面战，你们的胜利出乎所有人的意料，除了你们自己。我们完全相信，你们将会继续取得胜利。
 
您知道，从秋天我第一次收到相关情报的那一刻起，大约在一年前，我们就聚焦于一个问题：我们如何团结世界上其他国家？我如何通过实现您让我做出的团结世界的承诺来帮助你们？
 
那么，怎样才能取得成功？如何让世界对一个繁荣的经济体、一个自信的民主体、一个安全和独立的国家做出回应？
 
全体美国人，无论政治背景如何，团结一致，决定挺身而出。美国人民知道这事关重大。肆无忌惮的侵略行径是对我们所有人的威胁。
 
我们建立了一个多国联盟，从大西洋到太平洋：在大西洋地区——北约（NATO）；在太平洋地区——日本。我是说，在全世界范围内，许多国家挺身而出——超过50个——以前所未有的军事、经济和人道主义支持来帮助乌克兰保卫自己。
 
我们联合了全世界众多主要经济体，让俄罗斯付出空前的代价，其经济命脉被紧紧钳制。
 
我们一起投入了近700辆坦克和数千辆装甲车、1000套火炮系统、超过200万发炮弹、50多套先进的火箭发射系统、反舰和防空系统，都是为了保卫——保卫乌克兰。这还不包括我们今天和你们一起宣布即将提供的另外五亿美元，明天这些援助将会送到你们手中。而这仅仅是这一轮援助中的美国部分。
 
就在今天，我们宣布的援助包括“海马斯”高机动性多管火箭系统（HIMARS）和榴弹炮的弹药、更多的标枪导弹、反装甲系统、空中监视雷达，这些装备将保护乌克兰人民免受空中轰炸。
 
本周晚些时候，我们将宣布对那些试图逃避制裁并为俄罗斯的战争机器提供资金的寡头们和公司实施更多制裁。
 
而且由于国会两党的支持，本周我们将提供数十亿的直接预算支持——数十亿的直接预算支持——这些资金可供政府立即使用，帮助为公民提供基本服务。
 
乌克兰不得不付出异常高昂的代价和更加巨大的牺牲。虽然他们毅然付出这些代价和牺牲，但这令人远远无法承受。
 
我们与那些在这场残酷和无理的战争中失去亲人的家庭一起哀悼。我们知道，未来数天、数周和数年都将非常艰难。
 
但俄罗斯的目的是将乌克兰从地图上抹去。普京的征服战争正在失败。俄罗斯的军队已经失去了曾经占领的一半领土。成千上万年轻的、有才华的俄罗斯人正在逃离自己的家园，不愿回到俄罗斯。 不是……不仅仅是逃离军队，而是逃离俄罗斯这个国家，因为他们在自己的国家看不到未来。 俄罗斯的经济已经一蹶不振，陷入孤立和困难重重的境地。
 
普京以为乌克兰很软弱、西方四分五裂。如您所知，总统先生，我一开始就对您说，他寄望于我们一盘散沙。他寄望于北约无法团结一致。他寄望于我们无法争取其他国家站在乌克兰一边。
 
他曾以为他比我们更能持久。我不认为他现在还有这种想法。只有上帝知道他到底在想什么，但我不认为他还在这么想。他完全错了，彻底地错了。
 
一年过去了，今天这个大厅里的情景就证明他错了。 我们在这里站在一起。
 
总统先生，我很高兴能够回访贵国。
 
不久前在华盛顿，您告诉我们，您告诉国会，我在此引用您的话：“我们没有恐惧，世界上任何人也不应该有恐惧。”
 
总统先生，您和全体乌克兰人每天都在提醒世界“勇气”这个词的含义——这个提醒来自贵国经济的各个部门，各行各业。这的确令人惊叹。令人惊叹。
 
你们提醒我们，自由无价；它值得我们为之奋斗，无论需要多久。总统先生，我们将和你们一起为之奋斗，无论需要多久。
 
东欧时间上午11:07
 
欲查看原稿内容:  https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/02/20/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-zelenskyy-of-ukraine-in-joint-statement/
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。

FEBRUARY 20, 2023
Mariinsky PalaceKyiv, Ukraine
10:49 A.M. EET
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY:  (As interpreted.)  Mr. President, fellow ladies and gentlemen, journalists and everyone in this room, the team of President Biden: I’m very happy to welcome you in Ukraine.  It is a great honor for me and for all of us.
We have just had negotiations with the President of the United States in the vis-à-vis format, and then we had a wide discussion with the involvement of our teams.  These conversations brings us closer to the victory.
And we hope that this year, the 2023, will become a year of victory.  This unprovoked and criminal Russia’s war against Ukraine and against the whole world and democratic world has to end with liberating the whole of Ukraine’s territory from Russia’s occupation and the solid guarantees of the long-term security for our country as well as Europe and the whole world.
Right now, in Ukraine, the destiny of the international order based on international order is decided.  And we, together with President Biden and our allies and partners, have to continue doing everything possible so that the democratic world would win in this historic fight.
Ukrainian remember the focus, the attention, the attitude of President Biden and United States to every single Ukrainian.  To Ukraine, we remain constantly in communication with the President of United States over the course of this large-scale war.  And this is the first visit over 15 years.  And this is really the most important visit of the whole history of Ukraine-U.S. relationship.
This is the visit in this most difficult period for Ukraine when Ukraine is fighting for our own liberty, for the liberties of the world.  And this underlines the results that we have already achieved and what sort of historic achievements we might gain altogether with the whole world, with the United States, with Europe.  And today our negotiations were very fruitful.  We’ve — they were very important and crucial.
And as has become traditional in relationship between our countries, I would like to extend words of gratitude personally to Mr. President Biden and to his team, to the Congress, to all the U.S. people.  And I thank you for this level of Ukraine-U.S. cooperation.
And this week, we’ll be marking a one year of our fight against Russia’s aggression, so it’s very symbolic that we solidify our resilience through two meetings with the President of Ukraine — my visit in December and the visit of Mr. President of the United States to Kyiv today.
The results of this visit will surely be seen and will surely have a reflection on the battlefield and in liberating our territories.
The decision of the United States on Abrams tanks for Ukraine has already presented a foundation for establishing a tank coalition.  And it’s of historic importance in many other aspects, more specifically in air defense, in Patriots for the defense of our cities.  Now, this is a very fundamental and crucial reinforcement of our capacities.
We’ve also talked about long-range weapons and the weapons that may still be supplied to Ukraine, even though it wasn’t supplied before.
I know, Mr. President, that there will be a very significant package of security support to Ukraine.  And currently, it will serve as a clear signal that Russia’s attempts of relaunch will have no chance and that we will together defend our cities and citizens from Russia’s (inaudible), will have more impetus towards our victory.
And today we have yet again underlined that we have our common vision with regards to the perspectives of this war.  We have coordinated the follow-on pressure on the terrorist state.  We are working hard on the reinforcement of sanctions, both bilaterally and in the form of G7, which is very important.
We have common vision on the contents of many aspects of our Peace Formula, because its security elements, as well as the tasks to restore the U.N. Charter to its full capacity and to defend the international rule-based order — that’s a common, joint task for all the countries that are interested in the international security.
The rebuilding and the recovery of justice is also very important for all those who was affected by the Russian terror, by the Russian war.  And the aggressor has to take responsibility for the aggression and to reimburse all the damages.
I thank to the President of United States for supporting our work on restoring the justice more specifically in the work of all of our institutions in that area.  And we believe there’s no alternatives to the establishment of the special tribunal.  This is the position of the Uni- — of Ukraine, and we shall support this position.
And I would really like the United States to be engaged in the implementation of our Peace Formula, because its implementation would mean a reinforcement of global stability and the predictability of international relations.  And we have some achievements in this area.
Already this week, in New York, together with the United States of America and over 60 other countries will be submitting for the consideration of the U.N. General Assembly — of the draft resolution on supporting peace in Ukraine.  And on the eve of the 24th of February, we believe that the approval of this resolution would be very significant evidence to the fact that the terrorist state would never break a civilized country.
And I think we are also opening a special tablet dedicated to President Biden.  The first call the night of the 24th of February took place with the United States, and since that time, we had conversations and with very significant attention to our fight, to the protection of Ukraine’s democracy.
Besides, there’s the personal contribution in President Biden in solidified the liberty and democracy in the world.  This will be remembered eternally.  And Ukraine is grateful to you, Mr. President, to all the U.S. citizens, to all those who cherish freedom just as we cherish them.
Glory to our warriors.  Glory to our allies.  And glory to Ukraine.
PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Well, thank you very much, Mr. President.   You know, it was — it was one year ago this week that we spoke on the telephone, Mr. President.  It was very late at night in Washington, very early in the morning here in Kyiv.  Russian planes were in the air, and tanks were rolling across your border.  You told me that you could hear the explosions in the background.  I’ll never forget that.  And the world was about to change.
I remember it vividly, because I asked you — I asked you next — I asked you, “What is there, Mr. President?  What can I do for you?  How can I be of help?”
And I don’t know that you remember what you said to me, but you said, and I quote, “Gather the leaders of the world.  Ask them to support Ukraine.”  “Gather the leaders of the world, and ask them to support Ukraine.”
And you said that you didn’t know when we’d be able to speak again.  That dark night, one year ago, the world was literally, at the time, bracing for the fall of Kyiv — it seems like a lot longer ago than a year, but think back to that year — perhaps even the end of Ukraine.
You know, one year later, Kyiv stands and Ukraine stands.  Democracy stands.
The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.
Kyiv has captured a part of my heart, I must say.  And I’ve come here six times as Vice President, once as President.  And in 2009, as Vice President, when I first came here.  Then back in 2014, I came three times in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity.  And I again came in 2015 to address the Rada about the work of building a strong democracy.  And I came in 2017, just before I left office as Vice President.
I knew I’d be back, but I wanted to be sure.  Even though we’d — the election were over, Barack and I were out of office, I decided to make one more trip, before the next President was sworn in, to Kyiv.
So, President Zelenskyy, you deeply honor me here in Kyiv with you today to meet with your military, your intelligence folks, your diplomatic teams, community leaders who have stepped up and — to help their country in their hour of need.
It’s astounding who stood up.  Everybody.  Everybody — women, young children — trying to do something.  Just trying to do something.  Pulling people out of apartments that are being shelled and — literally what I think is a war crimes.
It’s astounding.  And the whole world — the whole world sees it and looks at it.
This is the largest land war in Europe in three quarters of a century, and you’re succeeding against all and every expectation, except your own.  We have every confidence that you’re going to continue to prevail.
You know, from the moment I first received the intelligence report in the fall, about a year ago, we were focused on determining: How do we rally the rest of the world?  How do I help you with the promise you asked me to make to rally the world?
Well, how do you succeed?  How do you ever get a world to respond to a prosperous economy, a confident democracy, a secure and independent state?
When united, Americans of all political backgrounds decided that they would step up.  The American people know it matters.  Unchecked aggression is a threat to all of us.
We built a coalition of nations, from the Atlantic to the Pacific: NATO to the Atla- — in the Atlantic; Japan in the Pacific.  I mean, across the — across the world, the number of nations stood up — over 50 — to help Ukraine defend itself with unprecedented military, economic, and humanitarian support.
We united the leading economies of the world to impose unprecedented cost that are squeezing Russia’s economic lifelines.
Together, we’ve committed nearly 700 tanks and thousands of armored vehicles, 1,000 artillery systems, more than 2 million rounds of artillery ammunition, more than 50 advanced launch rocket systems, anti-ship and air defense systems, all defend U- — to defend Ukraine.  And that doesn’t count the other half a billion dollars we’re going to be — we’re announcing with you today and tomorrow that’s going to be coming your way.  And that’s just the United States, in this piece.
And just today, that announcement includes artillery ammunition for HIMARS and howitzers, more Javelins, anti-armor systems, air surveillance radars that’ll protect Ukrainian people from aerial bombardments.
Later this week, we will announce additional sanctions against elites and companies that are trying to evade sanctions and backfill Russia’s war machine.
And thanks to a bipartisan support in Congress, this week we’re delivering billions in direct budgetary support — billions in direct budgetary support — which the government can put to use immediately and help provide for basic services of citizens.
The cost that Ukraine has had to bear has been extraordinarily high, and the sacrifices have been far too great.  They’ve been met, but they’ve been far too great.
We mourn alongside the families of those who have been lost to the brutal and unjust war.  We know that there’ll be very difficult days and weeks and years ahead.
But Russia’s aim was to wipe Ukraine off the map.  Putin’s war of conquest is failing.  Russia’s military has lost half its territory it once occupied.  Young, talented Russians are fleeing by the tens of thousands, not wanting to come back to Russia.  Not fl- — not just fleeing from the military, fleeing from Russia itself, because they see no future in their country.  Russia’s economy is now a backwater, isolated and struggling.
Putin thought Ukraine was weak and the West was divided.  As you know, Mr. President, I said to you at the beginning, he’s counting on us not sticking together.  He was counting on the inability to keep NATO united.  He was counting on us not to be able to bring in others on the side of Ukraine.
He thought he could outlast us.  I don’t think he’s thinking that right now.  God knows what he’s thinking, but I don’t think he’s thinking that.  But he’s just been plain wrong.  Plain wrong.
And one year later, the evidence is right here in this room.  We stand here together.
Mr. President, I’m delighted to be able to repay your visit to our country.
In Washington, not long ago, you told us, you told the Congress, quote, “We have no fear, nor should anyone in the world have it.”  End of quote.
You and all Ukrainians, Mr. President, remind the world every single day what the meaning of the word “courage” is — from all sectors of your economy, all walks of life.  It’s astounding.  Astounding.
You remind us that freedom is priceless; it’s worth fighting for for as long as it takes.  And that’s how long we’re going to be with you, Mr. President: for as long as it takes.
PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY:  We’ll do it.
PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Thank you.  (Applause.)
11:07 A.M. EET