烏克蘭東部親俄分離分子表示將如期舉行獨立公投

Pro-Russia militants in eastern Ukraine say they will go ahead with referendums on establishing independent so-called "people's republics," despite Russian President Vladimir Putin's call Wednesday that the votes be delayed.
烏克蘭東部親俄武裝分子說，他們將按計劃舉行建立獨立的所謂“人民共和國”的公投，儘管俄羅斯總統普京星期三呼籲推遲投票。

Representatives of pro-Russia separatists in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions said Thursday that the referendums will be held on Sunday (May 11), as previously scheduled.
烏克蘭東部頓涅茨克和盧甘斯克地區的親俄分離分子的代表星期四說，這次公投將於原計劃的星期天（5月11日）舉行，日期不變。

Russia's RIA Novosti state news agency quoted Denis Pushilin, leader of the self-declared Donetsk People's Republic, as saying that the referendum there will ask residents to vote yes or no on whether they support a "proclamation of state independence of the Donetsk People's Republic."
俄羅斯國家通訊社“俄新社”援引丹尼斯.普希林這名自稱頓涅茨克人民共和國領導人的話說，當地全民公投時，將要求選民明確表明是否支持“頓涅茨克人民共和國國家獨立宣言”。

Luhansk residents will be asked the same question regarding the so-called Luhansk People's Republic.
盧甘斯克居民也將被問到是否支持所謂的“盧甘斯克人民共和國”獨立。

It is unclear whether the separatists would be able to organize a region-wide vote, and a recent poll showed 70 percent of the people in eastern Ukraine wanted to remain part of Ukraine.
目前還不清楚分離分子是否有能力組織起這一地區範圍的投票。最近的民意調查顯示，東部烏克蘭有70%的人願意繼續留在烏克蘭。

Speaking Wednesday at the Kremlin, Mr. Putin recommended that separatists postpone Sunday's vote to create the necessary conditions for a "dialogue" between them and the Ukrainian government. He also suggested publicly for the first time that Ukraine's May 25 presidential election -- which had been the target of Kremlin scorn -- is "a move in the right direction."
星期三普京在克里姆林宮建議分離分子推遲星期天的公投，以便爲他們和烏克蘭政府之間的對話創造必要的條件。普京還一反批評烏克蘭總統大選的態度，首次公開表示，烏克蘭5月25日的總統大選是在正確方向上的邁出的一步。

Later Wednesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the months-long Ukraine crisis could end and the May 25 presidential could be considered legitimate if the Kyiv government, in exchange for a delay in the secession vote, ended its military push against separatist strongholds in eastern Ukraine and entered into talks with them.
星期三晚些時候，克里姆林宮發言人佩斯科夫說，持續了幾個月的烏克蘭危機可能得以結束，並說如果基輔政府爲換取推遲獨立公投，結束軍事打擊東烏克蘭分離分子的重鎮，並和對方舉行談判的話，那麼25日舉行的烏克蘭總統大選就可以被認爲是合法的。

The secretary of Ukraine's national security and defense council, Andriy Parubiy, said Thursday that the government would continue its military offensive against the separatists.
烏克蘭國家安全和國防委員會主席安德里·帕魯比（Andriy Parubiy）宙斯表示說，星期四說，政府將會繼續其打擊分離分子的軍事行動。