来源微信公众号：美国驻华大使馆, 发布于 2022-03-11 18:30
在3月10日国务院新闻发布会的开场中，发言人内德·普赖斯的评论要点摘录如下:
普赖斯先生：大家好。好的。首先讲几点，之后我会接受大家的提问。
俄罗斯政府对乌克兰无端、无理和残忍的入侵继续占据着世界的注意力。布林肯国务卿是在这样的背景下前往欧洲。在欧洲，他在过去几天的工作是为了服务两个主要的目标。
首先，是为了确保我们继续做我们所可能做的一切，用各种我们能做的方式来支持乌克兰、乌克兰人民和乌克兰的领土完整。国务卿与他的乌克兰对口官员一起站在乌克兰的土地上，重申了这一支持。我们还与我们的人道主义体系进行了沟通，为在乌克兰的乌克兰人以及更多的人提供援助，包括因为克里姆林宫的这场侵略而被迫逃离家园的200多万乌克兰人。
其次，是为了确保我们在向莫斯科发出一个清晰的信号：它将继续付出惨重的代价，而我们捍卫我们盟友的承诺牢不可破。很明显，跨大西洋伙伴关系团结在一起加强我们对乌克兰人民的安全援助，团结在一起增加我们对乌克兰人民的援助，并且团结在一起让克里姆林宫为发动这场仍在进行的战争——这场仍在进行但却本不必打的战争承受代价。
现在很清楚了，普京欲迅速攻陷乌克兰的军事计划已然失败。所以他现在转而采取摧毁人口中心这一策略，试图以此击碎乌克兰人民的意志，这是一件他做不成的事。就在昨天，我们看到有关俄罗斯在马里乌波尔的空袭击中一家妇幼医院的报道。我们都看到了这场袭击骇人听闻的画面。我们居然要把“妇幼医院”和“俄罗斯袭击”这两个词放在同一个句子里，这一事实就说明了克里姆林宫正加诸于乌克兰人民身上的暴行残忍到何种程度。
平民的死亡人数正在成倍增加，对民用基础设施的破坏也是。俄罗斯军队现在包围了多个乌克兰城市，而这些城市的关键基础设施之前大多已被俄军摧毁，使人们没有水、没有电、也没有办法获得食物与药品。普京不断的轰炸，包括对试图逃命的平民的轰炸，使得人们无法安全地逃离克里姆林宫制造的惨无人道的境地。我们继续要求俄罗斯政府允许平民安全地离开遭到俄军包围的乌克兰城镇。
俄罗斯的暴行将使得对乌克兰有效的长期控制变得不可能。乌克兰人民已清楚表明他们不会容忍这种控制。普京可以拿下一镇。他可以攻陷一城。但是已经清楚的一点是他攻克乌克兰这个国家以及乌克兰人民的企图将会失败。
我们将继续支持乌克兰人民为国而战，通过安全、经济和人道主义援助以及通过团结国际社会，用惨痛的制裁和外交孤立等措施对普京问责。正如哈里斯副总统今天所说，美国国会已承诺拨款136亿美元的人道主义援助和安全援助，来支持乌克兰和乌克兰人民。
我们已经对普京和他的亲信的侵略行为施加了巨大的后果。这些史无前例的措施的严重性已经产生了巨大的影响。卢布已经跌到了谷底，接近于一文不值，实际上价值不到一美分。俄罗斯的信用评级是垃圾级。它的股票市场仍然关着门。我们已经看到300多家公司停止或退出他们在俄罗斯市场的运营。
普京可以选择通过与乌克兰真诚地谈判达成外交协议来减少他的损失、使自己摆脱这一战略困境。就泽连斯基总统而言，他已经表达了对此的兴趣，而我们也已经毫不含糊地告诉乌克兰政府，我们随时准备支持它希望开展的任何外交策略。但是，正如我们一直说的，我们不会迫使他们做出让步。相反，克里姆林宫继续散布彻头彻尾的谎言，例如指控美国和乌克兰正在乌克兰进行化学和生物武器活动，以及他们毫无根据地声称，轰炸一家妇幼医院是“假消息”。
这来自一个现在正采取许多措施向自己的人民隐藏真相的政府。在世界各地以及在俄罗斯国内，克里姆林宫恶毒地针对记者，并用虚假信息充斥互联网和广播电台。俄罗斯的许多人都不知道他们的政府现在在乌克兰做什么。他们可能认为他们正在解放乌克兰，而不是在摧毁它。他们不知道有多少他们的同胞、他们的丈夫、他们的儿子、他们的兄弟是被装在尸袋中运回家的，如果俄罗斯政府愿意费心把他们带回家的话。
对克里姆林宫发动的战争的回应是团结一致，在世界领导人中、在欧洲、在世界各地聚集起来抗议普京总统的本不必发动的战争的人们中，包括在俄罗斯和白俄罗斯的成千上万走出来和平抗议的人们。
最后，我们知道俄罗斯会因为发动这场战争而变得更弱，而不是更强，而包括北约在内的国际社会已经比近期历史中的任何时候都更强大、目标更明确。
在本次新闻发布会的开场中，发言人普赖斯还提到美国国务院将于3月11日（周五）举办第八届美国-非盟委员会高级对话。
此次新闻发布会全文：
https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-10-march-2022/
At the top of the March 10 Department of State Press Briefing, Spokesperson Ned Price comments included the following excerpted points…
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MR PRICE: Hello. Okay. A couple elements at the top, and then I will take your questions.
The Russian Government’s unprovoked, unjustified, and brutal invasion of Ukraine continues to dominate the attention of the world. It was in this context that Secretary Blinken traveled to Europe, where he worked in service over the past few days of two primary objectives.
First, to ensure that we continue to do everything we possibly can to support Ukraine, its people, and its territorial integrity in every way we can. He stood with his Ukrainian counterpart on Ukrainian soil and reaffirmed that support. And we spoke to our humanitarian system – assistance for Ukrainians in Ukraine and for more – and for the more than 2 million Ukrainians who’ve been forced to flee their homes because of this Kremlin aggression.
Second, to ensure that we are sending a clear signal to Moscow that it will continue to pay a steep price and that our commitment to the defense of our allies is ironclad. It is clear that the transatlantic partnership is united in strengthening our security assistance to Ukraine, united in increasing our assistance to the people of Ukraine, and united in our efforts to impose costs on the Kremlin for waging this war of ongoing – this ongoing war of choice.
Putin’s military plan to quickly capture Ukraine, it is clear now, has failed. So he’s now turning to a strategy of laying waste to population centers to try to break the will of the people of Ukraine, something he will not be able to do. Just yesterday we saw reports of Russian airstrikes hitting a maternity hospital in Mariupol. We’ve all seen the abhorrent images from that strike, and the fact that we would even need to put the terms “maternity hospital” and “Russian strike” in the same sentence speaks to the level of brutality that the Kremlin is inflicting on the people of Ukraine.
Civilian deaths are multiplying, as is the destruction of civilian infrastructure. Russian forces now encircle multiple Ukrainian cities after having destroyed much of their critical infrastructure, leaving people without water, without electricity, without access to food and medicine. Putin’s relentless bombardment, including of civilians trying to flee for their lives, prevents people from safely escaping the inhumane conditions that the Kremlin has created. We continue to call on the Russian Government to allow civilians to safely depart the cities and towns of Ukraine that are besieged by Russian forces.
Russia’s brutality will make effective long-term control of Ukraine impossible. The Ukrainian people have made clear that they won’t stand for it. Putin can take a town. He can capture a city. But it is already clear that he will fail in his effort to take the country of Ukraine and its people.
We will continue to back the people of Ukraine in their fight for their country, through security, economic, and humanitarian assistance, and by uniting the international community to hold Putin accountable through devastating sanctions, diplomatic isolation, and other measures. As Vice President Harris noted today, the United States Congress has committed $13.6 billion in humanitarian aid and security assistance to support Ukraine and its people.
We’ve imposed massive consequences on Putin and his cronies for their aggression. The severity of these unprecedented measures is already having a dramatic impact. The ruble has gone through the floor. It is close to worthless, literally worth less than a penny. Russia’s credit rating is a junk status. Its stock market remains closed, and we’ve seen more than 300 companies halt or exit their operations in the Russian market.
Putin could choose to cut his losses, extricate himself from this strategic morass by seeking to negotiate in good faith a diplomatic agreement with Ukraine. President Zelenskyy, for his part, has expressed interest in that, and we have told the Ukrainian Government in no uncertain terms that we stand ready to support any diplomacy it wishes to pursue. But, as we’ve always said, we will not push them into concessions. Instead, the Kremlin continues to spread outright lies, such as the allegation that the United States and Ukraine are conducting chemical and biological weapons activities in Ukraine, and their baseless claim that bombing a maternity hospital is quote/unquote “fake news.”
This is from a government that is now using many measures to hide the truth from its own people. The Kremlin viciously targets journalists, and floods the internet and airwaves with disinformation, both around the world and at home in Russia. Many people in Russia have no idea what their government is doing right now in Ukraine. They may think they’re liberating Ukraine, not destroying it. They don’t know the extent to which their fellow countrymen, their husbands, their sons, their brothers, are coming home in body bags, if the Russian Government bothers to bring them home at all.
The response to the Kremlin’s war has been unity among world leaders, in Europe, in people gathering around the world to protest President Putin’s war of choice, including thousands of people in Russia and Belarus coming out to protest peacefully.
In the end, we know that Russia will be weaker, not stronger, for launching this war, and already the international community, including NATO, is stronger and more purposeful than it has been in any recent history.
At the top of the press briefing, Spokesperson Price also noted on Friday, March 11th, the State Department will host the Eighth United States-African Union Commission High Level Dialogue.
For full transcripts of this press release:
https://www.state.gov/briefings/department-press-briefing-10-march-2022/