烏克蘭總統命令軍隊奪回邊界控制權
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko says he has ordered the army to take "decisive actions" this week to regain control of the Ukrainian-Russian frontier.
In an address Monday to top security officials, Mr. Poroshenko said he expects the military push to last no more than a week, and he said it will pave the way for a truce and peace talks with pro-Russian separatists.
He also said Ukrainian troops have regained control of a little more than 10 percent of the border, and that checkpoints are in place aimed at stopping the flow of Russian military hardware into his country.
The Poroshenko address came hours after Russian energy giant Gazprom cut natural gas shipments to its energy dependent neighbor, after Kyiv missed a deadline to paydown a nearly $2 billion energy debt.
Ukraine, which showed no public signs Monday of softening its demands, says it has almost 14 billion cubic meters of gas in underground storage -- enough to meet its needs until December.烏克蘭總統波羅申科說，他已經命令軍隊本週採取果斷行動，重新奪取烏克蘭-俄羅斯邊界地區的控制權。
波羅申科星期一對高級安全官員講話時說，他希望軍事推進不超過一個星期。他表示，這將爲與親俄分裂分子實現停火併舉行和談創造條件。
波羅申科說，烏克蘭部隊已經奪回了邊界地區百分之10以上的控制權，並部署了檢查站，以阻止俄羅斯軍械流入烏克蘭。
波羅申科講話前的幾個小時，俄羅斯能源巨頭俄羅斯國家天然氣公司以基輔在最後期限前未能支付將近20億美元的能源債務爲由，切斷了對烏克蘭的天然氣供應。
星期一，烏克蘭沒有表現出軟化立場的跡象。烏克蘭稱目前有近140億立方米地下天然氣儲備，能夠滿足12月之前的需求。
