Lithuania's foreign minister calls for Ukraine to be allowed to use arms freely
WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) -Ukraine should be able to freely use arms it has been provided, Lithuania's foreign minister told Reuters on Thursday, adding he hoped Kyiv would be able to shoot further into Russia with weapons Washington announced it would deliver to Ukraine. 立陶宛外长周四告诉路透社，乌克兰应当能够自由使用其获得的武器，并补充说，他希望乌克兰能够利用美国宣布向乌克兰提供的武器打击更深入的俄罗斯目标。Arming Ukraine is one thing, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told Reuters in an interview, but he said it is not extremely efficient if Kyiv is not allowed to use the arms.立陶宛外长加布里埃柳斯·兰茨贝尔吉斯在接受路透社采访时表示，给乌克兰提供武装是一回事，但如果不允许乌克兰自由使用这些武器，其效率就大打折扣。"The strategic goal that puts Ukraine in the strongest possible position requires to allow them to use the weaponry freely," Landsbergis said.兰茨贝尔吉斯表示：“为了实现让乌克兰处于最强有力地位的战略目标，需要允许他们自由使用这些武器。”Ukraine has been pressing the United States and other Western governments to authorize long-range strikes that it says will help counter Russia's relentless aerial attacks on Ukraine.乌克兰一直在敦促美国和其他西方政府授权其进行远程打击，并表示这将有助于应对俄罗斯对乌克兰的持续空袭。Russia has warned that any decision to allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range Western missiles would deepen what it called the direct involvement of the U.S. and Europe in the war and would trigger a response from Moscow.俄罗斯警告称，任何允许乌克兰用西方提供的远程导弹打击俄罗斯的决定，都将加深其所谓的美国和欧洲直接参与战争的程度，并引发俄罗斯的回应。U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday announced more than $8 billion in military assistance for Ukraine, which Landsbergis said was "huge."美国总统乔·拜登周四宣布向乌克兰提供超过80亿美元的军事援助，兰茨贝尔吉斯称这是一个“巨大的”援助。It includes the first shipment of a precision-guided glide bomb called the Joint Standoff Weapon, with a range of up to 81 miles (130 km). The range is further than current U.S.-furnished air-dropped glide bombs.援助中包括首批精确制导滑翔炸弹，即“联合防区外武器”，射程可达81英里（130公里）。这一射程比目前美国提供的空投滑翔炸弹更远。"I'm reading President Biden's statement, and I'm seeing that there is a new type of rockets that are being delivered that are longer-range than the previous ones," Landsbergis said.兰茨贝尔吉斯表示：“我正在阅读拜登总统的声明，并看到有一种新的射程比之前更远的火箭弹即将交付。”"My hope is that it's not a rocket that they should shoot from afar, from a distance to the front, that they would be allowed to use those rockets and shoot further out."“我希望这不只是让他们从远处或前线射击的火箭，而是希望他们能被允许使用这些火箭打得更远。”A U.S. official earlier said Biden would not announce that Washington would let Ukraine use U.S. missiles to hit targets deeper in Russia.此前一位美国官员表示，拜登不会宣布美国允许乌克兰使用美国导弹打击俄罗斯更深入的目标。Landsbergis said that while he has not seen the specifics of Kyiv's "victory plan" to end the war, they have heard from Ukrainians that security guarantees have to be discussed.兰茨贝尔吉斯表示，虽然他尚未看到乌克兰结束战争的“胜利计划”的具体内容，但他们从乌克兰方面听到，安全保障必须被讨论。