美国官员正在询问莫斯科，是否愿意接受作为结束战争的和平协议一部分、向乌克兰提供安全保障，这一令人震惊的请求是向发动了这场无端入侵的国家提出的。
American officials are asking Moscow if it would accept security guarantees for Ukraine as part of a peace deal to end the war, a shocking request to the country that launched the unprovoked invasion.
美国此前曾提出类似北约的安全保障构想，即要求盟国共同防卫，称为第5条。但据两名资深政府官员透露，美国官员表示将正式请求俄罗斯考虑这一提议——这是他们首次这样做。
The U.S. had previously floated the idea of NATO-like security guarantees, which require alliance members to come to the defense of others, known as Article 5. But American officials said that they would formally ask Russia to consider the proposal, according to two senior administration officials — the first time they have done so.
这一非同寻常的询问很可能在周二提出，届时美国、俄罗斯和乌克兰将在阿拉伯联合酋长国阿布扎比进行为期两天的会谈。
The remarkable inquiry will likely come Tuesday at the start of two days of talks in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with the U.S., Russia and Ukraine.
一名资深官员表示：“我们已请求俄罗斯，允许我们向乌克兰提供类似第4条和第5条的安全保障，北约也提供同样的保障。”这名官员与其他官员一样，获准以不记名方式讨论敏感谈判。
“We’ve asked the Russians for us to be able to give an Article 4 and an Article 5-like security guarantee to Ukraine, along with NATO providing the same,” said a senior official, who, like others, was granted anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations.
目前尚不清楚美国及欧洲盟友将如何向乌克兰提供此类保障。预计乌克兰仍将保持在北约之外，而谈判代表尚未就俄罗斯要求获得新领土的诉求达成一致。
It is unclear how the U.S. and European allies would extend such guarantees to Ukraine. The country is expected to remain outside of NATO, and negotiators have yet to agree on Russia’s demands for new territory.
本周的会谈标志着自2月以来，这三个国家首次聚首讨论这场战争，战争仍在每月夺走数万条生命。大多数伤亡者是俄罗斯军队，他们被命令对乌克兰坚固阵地发动代价高昂的正面突击。乌克兰在10月表示，仅四周内就有超过5万名俄罗斯士兵阵亡和受伤。
This week’s talks mark the first time since February that the three countries have gathered to discuss the war, which continues to claim tens of thousands of lives a month. Most of the casualties are Russian troops, who are ordered into costly frontal assaults on entrenched Ukrainian positions. Ukraine said in October that more than 50,000 Russians were killed and wounded in just four weeks.
北约第4条要求成员国在某成员国遭受攻击时共享情报并讨论应对方案，而第5条规定对一国的攻击即视为对所有成员国的攻击。第5条仅被援引过一次，即在“9·11”袭击纽约和华盛顿之后。随后北约盟国根据该条款向阿富汗战争派遣了作战部队。
NATO’s Article 4 calls on member nations to share intelligence and discuss options should a member state come under attack, while Article 5 stipulates that an attack on one alliance member is an attack on all. Article 5 has only been invoked once, after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. And NATO allies eventually contributed combat troops to the war in Afghanistan as part of that pact.
鉴于该提议将进一步使俄罗斯边境附近的国家军事化，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京不太可能同意该提议。
Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to agree to the proposal, given that it would further militarize countries near Russia’s border.
普京要求乌克兰放弃加入北约的努力，并接受对其军队规模的严格限制。乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基断然拒绝了这些要求。
Putin has demanded that Ukraine abandon its efforts to join NATO and accept strict limits on the size of its military. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has flatly rejected those demands.
高级政府官员表示，特朗普政府欢迎欧洲盟友参与会谈。他们还赞扬了最近一次与普京、芬兰总统亚历山大·斯图布和挪威首相约纳斯·加尔·斯特勒的通话——尽管一些北约成员国感到被排除在外。
The Trump administration welcomed European allies at the talks, the senior administration officials said. And they praised a recent phone call with Putin, Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre — even though some NATO members felt out of the loop.
“我们非常坚信，在这一点上，为了结束战争，你真的需要让欧洲坐到谈判桌前，”这位美国官员说。“我们设法安排了芬兰、挪威和俄罗斯三方的通话，这是一个很好的步骤。”一位乌克兰官员表示，该通话已与基辅协调。而在欧洲内部，领导人渴望建立自己的外交渠道以结束战争。
“We do believe very strongly that at this point, in order to end the war, you really need to have Europe at the table,” the U.S. official said. “We were able to get the call with the Finnish and the Norwegians and the Russians together, which is a good step.”A Ukrainian official said that the call had been coordinated with Kyiv. And within Europe, leaders are keen to establish their own diplomatic track to end the war.
“我们现在处于一种新局面，欧洲领导人已与普京开辟了直接渠道，之前的不接触政策即将结束，”前芬兰官员约尔·林奈梅基说。“欧洲不再仅依靠[史蒂夫]·威特科夫、[贾里德]·库什纳和[唐纳德·特朗普]总统与普京联系。未来可能会有更多通话。”这位政府官员周一表示，美国对会谈进展“谨慎乐观”，并暗示未来可能会与普京和泽连斯基举行会晤。
“We are now in a new situation where European leaders have opened a direct channel with Putin and the previous policy of no-contact is coming to an end,” said Joel Linnainmäki, a former Finnish official. “Europe is no longer relying only on [Steve] Witkoff, [Jared] Kushner and [President Donald] Trump for contact with Putin. More calls could happen later.”The administration official on Monday said the U.S. is “cautiously optimistic,” about the progress of the talks and suggested that future meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy could come later.