俄罗斯周四表示，将波罗的海国家潜在部署更多北约军队视为局势升级。
Russia said Thursday it views the potential deployment of additional NATO troops in the Baltic states as an escalation.
外交部发言人扎哈罗娃对记者表示：“我们毫不含糊地将波罗的海国家潜在部署包括美军在内的更多北约特遣队以及建立相应的军事基础设施视为升级。”
“We unequivocally view the potential deployment of additional NATO contingents – including US troops – and the establishment of corresponding military infrastructure in the Baltic states as an escalation,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told journalists.
扎哈罗娃称，她所称的“华盛顿政府怀有的”此类计划，与其宣称的“培育外交和政治途径以缓和欧洲紧张局势”的目标背道而驰。“所有这些对抗性举措都符合北大西洋公约组织加速俄罗斯西部边境地区军事化的计划，其借口是虚假的——正如我们今天已经讨论过的——所谓的来自东方的威胁，”扎哈罗娃说。
Zakharova said such plans, which she claimed are “harbored by the Washington administration,” run counter to its stated aim of “fostering diplomatic and political avenues to de-escalate tensions in Europe.”“All these confrontational moves align with the North Atlantic Alliance’s plans for the accelerated militarization of Russia’s western border regions under the false pretext – as we have already discussed today – of a so-called threat from the East,” Zakharova said.
她重申，俄罗斯没有与西欧发生武装冲突的计划，并指出俄罗斯总统普京和外长拉夫罗夫已多次发表此类声明。
She reiterated that Russia has no plans for an armed conflict with Western Europe, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov have repeatedly made such statements.
扎哈罗娃说：“人们可能会问那些表达这种言论的人——或者至少能解释他们意思的人——他们是如何为主观臆造的情节辩护的。他们将什么作为他们所捏造的行动的目标、目的或原因？”
“One might ask those who voice such things – or those who can at least explain what they mean – how they justify these fantasies. What do they cite as the goals, objectives, or reasons for the actions they fabricate?”Zakharova said.
她还指责欧盟走上了与俄罗斯“对抗的道路”，并认为这条道路“只会加剧欧洲的问题”。扎哈罗娃将德国描述为站在基辅一边的俄乌冲突参与者，并以德国总理弗里德里希·梅茨最近访问乌克兰为例，指责现任德国政府寻求战争。
She also accused the EU of embarking on a “path of confrontation” with Russia, arguing that this path would “only exacerbate Europe's problems.”Zakharova described Germany as a party to the Russia-Ukraine war on Kyiv's side and accused the current German government of seeking war, citing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s recent visit to Ukraine.
梅茨周末访问了乌克兰首都，并宣布向基辅提供价值10亿欧元（11亿美元）的进一步军事援助。
Merz visited the Ukrainian capital over the weekend and announced a further €1 billion ($1.1 billion) in military aid to Kyiv.