Ukraine To Restart 'Anti-Terrorism Operation'
Ukraine's acting president orders renewed military action against pro-Russian separatists after two "tortured" bodies are found.
新闻背景:
4月6日以来,乌克兰东部地区局势恶化,不断发生地方政权机关办公楼被持枪抗议者占领的情况,乌克兰当局将这些抗议者视为“恐怖分子”,于13日决定让军队参与此前由警方开展的“反恐行动”。
美国副总统拜登当地时间4月21日造访乌克兰,称美方将会向乌克兰提供多方面援助。同日,代行总统职务的乌克兰议长图尔奇诺夫要求军队和警方恢复在本国东部地区的“反恐行动”。俄罗斯方面对此表示,乌克兰当局应尽快采取行动履行日内瓦文件,取消对平民使用军队的命令。
拜登称,美国永远都不会承认“俄罗斯对克里米亚的非法占领”,美国将为一个统一的乌克兰而努力。俄罗斯外交部则称,拉夫罗夫对克里表示,乌克兰必须采取紧急措施,执行旨在化解乌克兰危机的日内瓦协议。
Katie Stallard's been to the funeral of 3 people killed on Sunday in that checkpoint shooting north of Donetsk in the town of Slavyansk. Her report include images of open caskets at the service.
Even on the steps of church outside their funeral, they can't agree how these men died. The man with a microphone says they were killed by a knife. He's interrupted by a man in a balaclava in the crowd.
He says there was a sniper, there was a machine gunner, they were killing us with gunfire, not with a knife. These were professional, he says.
Death to the murderer, they chant.
Inside for all of the orthodox grandeur and the reverence, there are mourners and cameras side by side. Priests and journalists standing next to each other. For each family, this is a personal tragedy. But what's happening here in a small town in eastern Ukraine has consequences much further afield. Russia says this proves the authrotities in Kiev are losing control. The government there says the checkpoint shooting was fabricated that all sides must abide by the Geneva peace deal agreed last week. But no one is really listening to them here.
The exact circumstances in which these men died remains far from clear, but to people here, it doesn't really matter, they believe that they died defending this town, they are honouring them here today as local heroes, and Geneva accord means absolutely nothing to people here.
What can I say? there's not gonna be a way out. It's them who are sending people in kill our kids. They talked about a United Ukraine, but there's no United Ukraine.
I want it to be calm of our town so people can leave their houses and I would not be afraid to work outside with my baby. We met the self-proclaimed mayor of Slavyansk nearby, his bodyguards carrying assault rifles, and wearing the Russian victory ribbon. He said he doesn't answer to Kiev.
We do not recognize the Kiev, we can't even call them a government. They are not the authorities for the majority of people in Ukraine, particularly here in Slavyansk.
He said if Russia won't send peacekeepers, they would like weapons that they have plenty of people here ready to fight.
And then they carry them out of the church to a round of applause. They chanted glory to the heroes of Donbass.