特使史蒂夫·威特科夫周三在圣彼得堡对俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京给予了高度赞扬，这进一步表明，乌克兰和欧洲试图促使美国加大对俄罗斯施压以结束战争的努力正在失败。
Special envoy Steve Witkoff heaped praise on Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on Wednesday, the latest sign that Ukrainian and European efforts to get Washington to ramp up pressure on Russia to end the war are failing.
唐纳德·特朗普总统一直拒绝国会及外国盟友提出的任何措施（无论是通过加强制裁还是增加对基辅的军事支持）来迫使普京和俄罗斯改变其行为。
President Donald Trump has repeatedly resisted efforts by Congress and foreign allies to squeeze Putin and Russia, whether by ratcheting up sanctions or stepping up military support for Kyiv.
由威特科夫和贾里德·库什纳领导的特朗普团队本周再次展开外交努力：威特科夫首先在奥斯陆会见了乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基，随后前往俄罗斯与普京会面；因患流感而无法亲自出席的库什纳则通过远程方式参与了会谈。
Trump’s team led by Witkoff and Jared Kushner embarked on yet another round of diplomacy this week, with Witkoff first meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo before traveling to Russia to meet Putin. Kushner, sick with the flu, participated remotely.
威特科夫感谢普京释放了那位在2022年战争初期被俄罗斯非法关押的美国人，并称赞了这一善举。他说：“你们经常称赞我的总统特朗普具有人道主义精神，先生，您同样也是一位人道主义者。我向您表示敬意，并再次感谢您。”
Thanking Putin for releasing an American who was wrongfully detained by Russia in eastern Ukraine in the early days of the war in 2022, Witkoff commended the gesture. “You talk so much about my president, President Trump, being a humanitarian. You are a humanitarian also, sir, and I salute that, I commend you, and I thank you again,” Witkoff said.
这种赞扬与普京的行为形成了鲜明对比：普京毫无正当理由地发动了对乌克兰的全面入侵，导致数万名乌克兰士兵和平民丧生；此外，普京还被国际刑事法院列为战犯，而特朗普及其团队曾严厉批评过该国际机构。
The praise stands in stark contrast to Putin’s conduct. He launched a full-scale unprovoked invasion against Ukraine that has killed tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
一些共和党人对威特科夫使用“人道主义者”这一称谓表示强烈不满。
He is also wanted as a war criminal by the International Criminal Court, a body Trump and his team have harshly criticized.
“WTF，Steve？去查查‘人道主义’的定义吧，”参议员汤姆·蒂利斯（共和党-北卡罗来纳州）在X上发帖写道，“你应该回乌克兰去，问问那些被普京绑架和杀害的孩子的家属，他们是否同意你的朋友普京是个‘人道主义者’。”
Several Republicans lashed out at Witkoff’s use of the term. “WTF, Steve? Look up the definition of ‘humanitarian,’” Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., posted on“You should go back to Ukraine and ask the families of the children Putin has kidnapped and murdered whether they agree your friend Putin is a ‘humanitarian.’”
参议员约翰·科宁（共和党-得克萨斯州）回应道：“普京是个冷血杀手。”
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, responded“Putin is stone cold killer.”
就在乌克兰和欧洲希望看到美国提高俄罗斯的代价之际，特朗普及其团队却在朝相反方向发展。特朗普周一表示，他愿意与俄罗斯和中国举行三方峰会，并补充说：“坦率地说，俄罗斯在乌克兰问题上表现不错。”周五，特朗普暂停了一项原定于本周生效的针对俄罗斯的全面新制裁方案，再次让那些将他最初签署该立法视为特朗普可能在泽连斯基同意授予乌克兰生产防御性“爱国者”导弹许可证后，对泽连斯基态度有所软化的迹象的议员和盟友感到沮丧。
Just as Ukraine and Europe want to see the U.S. raise the stakes for Russia, Trump and his team are trending in the opposite direction. Trump said Monday he would be open to a trilateral summit with Russia and China and added, “Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine.”On Friday, Trump paused a sweeping new sanctions package on Russia that was set to take effect this week, again frustrating lawmakers and allies who saw his initial decision to sign the legislation as a sign that Trump might be warming to Zelenskyy somewhat after he had agreed to grant Ukraine a license to produce defensive Patriot missiles.
美国曾短暂停止向乌克兰提供情报，但泽连斯基周三上午在福克斯新闻上表示，情报共享已全面恢复。他补充说，在周二与国务卿马尔科·鲁比奥通话后，弹道导弹预警系统也已恢复运行。
The U.S. had briefly stopped providing intelligence to Ukraine, but Zelenskyy said Wednesday morning on Fox News that it had fully resumed. He added that an early warning system for ballistic missiles had also resumed after he spoke Tuesday with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
乌克兰还报告称，速度限制干扰了军用“星链”和“星盾”连接，基辅分别用于战场和民用通信、制导无人机以及运行安全军事通信。
Ukraine has also reported a speed cap disrupting military Starlink and Starshield connections, which Kyiv uses for battlefield and civilian communications and to guide drones and run secure military communications, respectively.
泽连斯基告诉福克斯新闻，鲁比奥承诺将与美国官员合作解除封锁。“上帝保佑，这事会解决的，”泽连斯基说。
Zelenskyy told Fox News that Rubio promised to work with U.S. officials to unblock it. “God bless, it will be done,” Zelenskyy said.
由于报告相互矛盾，目前尚不清楚究竟是特朗普还是埃隆·马斯克最终下令实施了限速。
It is not clear whether Trump or Elon Musk ultimately ordered the slowdown amid conflicting reports.
特朗普似乎迅速转回对泽连斯基和乌克兰的严厉批评，这让基辅的盟友感到沮丧，他们担心该国将如何为艰难的冬季做准备。
Trump’s seemingly rapid shift back toward harsh criticism of Zelenskyy and Ukraine is frustrating to Kyiv’s allies who worry how prepared the country will be for a tough winter.
“可能是他掌握了我们没有的机密情报，”莱斯利·谢德说。她曾担任众议院外交委员会共和党助手，现任职于大西洋理智库。“但我内心有一部分担心，他的世界变得过于封闭，这在总统身上常会发生，导致他无法获得正确信息，”谢德谈到特朗普时说。
“It could be that he has access to classified information that we don’t have,” said Leslie Shedd, a former Republican aide on the House Foreign Affairs Committee who is now with the Atlantic Council. “But there’s a piece of me that worries that his world has become so insulated, which happens to presidents, that he’s not getting the right information,” Shedd said about Trump.
然而，谢德表示，特朗普对乌克兰的不满并不掩盖这样一个现实：俄罗斯尚未准备好采取结束战斗所需的步骤。
Trump’s frustration with Ukraine, however, does not mask the reality that Russia is not ready to take the steps needed to end the fighting, Shedd said.
“总统的行动建立在这样一个事实之上：他希望战争结束。我只是认为俄罗斯目前还不愿意这样做。”
“The president’s actions are predicated on the fact that he wants the war to end. I just don’t think Russia is willing to do that yet.”
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