Russia continues to increase the number of troops it has massed on the Ukrainian border, Nato’s secretary-general warned on Wednesday, even as Moscow insisted it was withdrawing forces.
北约(Nato)秘书长延斯•斯托尔滕贝格(Jens Stoltenberg)周三警告称，俄罗斯在继续增加在乌克兰边境集结的部队数量，尽管莫斯科方面坚称正在撤军。
Jens Stoltenberg said the western security alliance was “prepared for the worst” as tension persisted over Ukraine, despite continuing diplomatic effort to avert conflict and after Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a partial troop withdrawal on Tuesday.
斯托尔滕贝格表示，乌克兰的紧张局势仍在持续，这个西方安全联盟已“做好最坏的准备”，尽管避免冲突的外交努力仍在继续，而且俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔•普京(Vladimir Putin)周二宣布部分撤军。
“We have not seen any de-escalation,” Stoltenberg said on arriving at a two-day summit of Nato defence ministers in Brussels. “We see they have increased the number of troops and more troops are on their way . . We are prepared for the worst.”
斯托尔滕贝格抵达布鲁塞尔、参加为期两天的北约国防部长峰会时表示：“我们还没有看到任何缓和迹象。我们看到他们增加了部队人数，更多的部队正在赶来的路上……我们已经做好了最坏的打算。”