外交人員被多國驅逐 俄羅斯誓言要採取報復

The Russian government has threatened retaliation over one of the largest mass expulsions of its diplomats in history, after more than 20 countries backed action by the United Kingdom over the poisoning of a former Russian spy in Salisbury.

在20餘個國家就俄羅斯前間諜在索爾茲伯裏中毒一事力挺英國後，俄羅斯政府威脅稱將對史上最大規模之一的外交官被驅逐展開報復。

According to Russian state media Tass, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the government "deeply regretted" the US's decision to expel to their diplomats, and would analyze the situation before submitting a proposal for retaliatory action to Russian President Vladimir Putin to approve.

據俄羅斯國家媒體《塔斯社》報道，克里姆林宮發言人德米特里·佩斯科夫表示，政府對美國驅逐俄羅斯外交官的決定“深表遺憾”，將會分析局勢，而後向總統弗拉基米爾·普京提交制裁提議。

"We already stated and reconfirm that Russia has never had any relation to this (poisoning)," Peskov said.

佩斯科夫指出：“我們已經表明並且重申，俄羅斯與這起中毒案毫無干系。”

The United States announced it would be expelling 60 Russian diplomats and closing the consulate in Seattle, President Donald Trump's toughest diplomatic move against Moscow since he took office in 2017.

美國方面日前宣佈，將會驅逐60名俄羅斯外交官，同時關閉俄羅斯駐西雅圖大使館，這是唐納德·特朗普總統自2017年上任後對莫斯科採取的最強硬外交舉動。

Canada, Ukraine and member states of the European Union joined the United States in expelling more than 100 Russian diplomats on Monday.

加拿大、烏克蘭和歐盟成員國加入了美國的行列，於週一驅逐了100多名俄羅斯外交官。

As of Tuesday morning, 13 Russian diplomats were expelled from Ukraine, while Canada, Germany, France and Poland each expelled four.

截止週二上午，烏克蘭驅逐了13名俄羅斯外交官，加拿大、德國、法國和波蘭各驅逐了4名。

More than a dozen other countries, including Australia, Italy and the Netherlands, have each expelled between one and three Russian diplomats or intelligence officers.

而包括澳大利亞、意大利和荷蘭在內的其他至少12個國家，則驅逐了一至三名俄羅斯外交官或情報人員。