美军将参与训练乌克兰部队，俄乌冲突或进一步升级

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据美联社消息，一位美军高级将领周三(2月11日)表示，美军计划与乌克兰军队于3月底进行联合军演，乌克兰军队现在正与乌克兰东部的分裂分子进行战斗。

美军驻欧洲指挥官本·霍吉斯将军表示，一个营的美军可以在乌克兰西部城市利沃夫对来自乌克兰内政部的三个营士兵进行训练。很早以前就制定了训练计划。

霍吉斯表示，美军将会训练乌克兰部队在面对俄罗斯军队，分裂份子和火箭时如何更好地保护自己。训练还包括如何抢修道路，桥梁和其他基础设施，救护和撤离伤员以及在俄军破坏通讯的环境下进行战斗。


霍吉斯表示，分裂份子其实就是俄罗斯军队。从军队的数量，装备来看明显就是俄罗斯部队直接干预了在德巴尔切夫市的战斗。

分裂份子目前正在进攻Debaltseve，这一地区有政府控制的铁路枢纽，连接卢甘斯克和顿涅兹克这两座分裂份子控制的城市。

霍吉斯表示，如果分裂份子夺取了Debaltseve，那么接下来会将目标瞄准乌克兰东部重要的战略港口城市马里乌波尔。虽然现在仍不清楚分裂份子会不会这么做，但是依然令各方担忧。他指出，目前在乌克兰东部边境地区大约有10个营的俄罗斯部队。



The U.S. military is planning to start joint training exercises with Ukrainian soldiers battling Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine later in March, a top U.S. military commander in Europe said Wednesday, according to the Associated Press.

Key Quotes - via AP

U.S. Army Europe Commander Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges said a battalion of U.S. soldiers would train three battalions of Ukrainians from the Interior Ministry at the Yavariv training center in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. The plans for the training were made many months ago, however.

Hodges said Americans will teach the Ukrainians how to better defend themselves against "Russian and rebel artillery and rockets." Training will also include securing roads, bridges and other infrastructure, treating and evacuating casualties, and operating in an environment where Russians are jamming communications.

"I think it's very important to recognize these are not separatists, these are proxies for President Putin," Hodges said. "It is very obvious from the amount of ammunition, the type of equipment, that there is direct Russian military intervention in the area around Debaltseve."

The rebels are waging an offensive to take Debaltseve, a government-held railway junction that lies between the rebel-held cities of Luhansk and Donetsk.

"I do worry that if they are successful in Debaltseve that then they will shift their attention to Mariupol," Hodges said, referring to the strategic port city. "I don't know that, but I am concerned that that is something that they might do. They certainly have a large number of Russian forces, 10 battalions, on the border of eastern Ukraine."