2022年11月17日 VOA慢速英語：北約：導彈在波蘭炸死兩人純屬意外

A missile from the war between Russia and Ukraine landed in Poland and killed two people on Tuesday.
周二，一枚來自俄羅斯和烏克蘭戰(zhàn)爭的導彈落在波蘭，造成兩人死亡。
 
NATO and the president of Poland said Wednesday the strike was accidental. They said Ukrainian forces likely launched the missile.北約和波蘭總統(tǒng)周三表示，這次襲擊是意外。他們說，烏克蘭軍隊很可能發(fā)射了這枚導彈。
 
The army was using its anti-missile defense systems against a major Russian air attack at the time Poland was hit.
波蘭被擊中時，軍隊正在使用其反導彈防御系統(tǒng)抵御俄羅斯的一次重大空襲。
 
"It is highly probable that one of these missiles unfortunately fell on Polish territory," said Polish President Andrzej Duda. "There is nothing, absolutely nothing, to suggest that it was an intentional attack on Poland."
“很可能其中一枚導彈不幸落在了波蘭領土上，”波蘭說安杰伊·杜達總統(tǒng)。 “沒有任何跡象表明這是對波蘭的蓄意襲擊。”
 
NATO leader Jens Stoltenberg agreed, saying it was not "the result of a deliberate attack."
北約領導人延斯·斯托爾滕貝格表示同意，稱這不是“蓄意襲擊的結果”。
 
The words eased tensions that rose on Tuesday when it appeared Russia may have fired the missile into Poland, a NATO country. Stoltenberg said Wednesday, however, that Russia is to blame even if the missile came from Ukraine.
這番話緩和了周二升溫的緊張局勢，當時俄羅斯似乎已將導彈發(fā)射到北約成員國波蘭。然而，斯托爾滕貝格周三表示，即使導彈來自烏克蘭，俄羅斯也應該受到指責。
 
"This is not Ukraine's fault. Russia bears ultimate responsibility."
“這不是烏克蘭的錯。俄羅斯承擔最終責任。”
 
The war began when Russia invaded Ukraine in February of this year.
戰(zhàn)爭始于今年二月俄羅斯入侵烏克蘭。
 
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is disputing the reports that the missile came from Ukraine and has demanded evidence. He told reporters that Ukraine's top commanders were sure, in Zelenskyy's words, "that it wasn't our missile or our missile strike."
烏克蘭總統(tǒng)沃洛德米爾·澤倫斯基 (Volodymyr Zelenskyy) 對導彈來自烏克蘭的報道提出異議，并要求提供證據(jù)。他告訴記者，用澤倫斯基的話來說，烏克蘭最高指揮官確信，“這不是我們的導彈或我們的導彈襲擊。”
 
Ukrainian officials should have access to the site and take part in the investigation, he added.
烏克蘭官員應該有權進入該地點并參與調查，他補充道。
If Ukrainian defenses, he said, "killed a person, these people, then we need to apologize. We are honest people after all."
他說，如果烏克蘭的防御措施“殺死了一個人，這些人，那么我們需要道歉。畢竟我們是誠實的人。”
 
Earlier, U.S. President Joe Biden said it was "unlikely" that Russia fired the missile. But, "I'm going to make sure we find out exactly what happened," he added.
早些時候，美國總統(tǒng)拜登表示，俄羅斯“不太可能”發(fā)射導彈。但是，他補充說：“我將確保我們能查明到底發(fā)生了什么。”
 
Biden spoke in Indonesia where he is attending the Group of 20 meeting.
拜登在印度尼西亞發(fā)表講話，他正在印度尼西亞參加 20 國集團會議。
 
Russia's attack on power generation centers and systems Tuesday included Ukraine's western area bordering Poland. Ukraine's military said 77 of the more than 90 missiles fired were brought down by air defenses, along with 11 drones.
俄羅斯周二對發(fā)電中心和系統(tǒng)的襲擊包括與波蘭接壤的烏克蘭西部地區(qū)。烏克蘭軍方表示，發(fā)射的 90 多枚導彈中有 77 枚被防空系統(tǒng)擊落，還有 11 架無人機。
 
The missile in question hit a town in eastern Poland.
有問題的導彈擊中了波蘭東部的一個城鎮(zhèn)。
 
"The sound was terrifying," said Ewa Byra, a school director there. She said she knew both men who were killed — one was the husband of a school employee, the other the father of a former student.
“聲音太可怕了，”那里的學校校長埃瓦·拜拉 (Ewa Byra) 說。她說她認識遇難的兩名男子——一名是一名學校員工的丈夫，另一名是一名前學生的父親。
 
Russia said Tuesday none of its missiles were any closer than 21 kilometers from the border with Poland. It also praised Biden's "restrained" comments about the news.
俄羅斯周二表示，其導彈的射程均未超過 21 公里與波蘭的邊界。它還贊揚了拜登對新聞的“克制”評論。
 
The Russian attacks came just days after Ukraine celebrated regaining control in the southern city of Kherson.
就在烏克蘭慶祝重新控制南部城市赫爾松幾天后，俄羅斯發(fā)動了襲擊。