克里在联合国人权理事会就乌克兰东部发表讲话

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says men, women and children in eastern Ukraine "are being killed, tortured and raped." The top U.S. diplomat made the comments Monday in Geneva where he addressed the U.N. Human Right Council.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the human rights forum that "tangible progress" has been achieved concerning the cease-fire in Ukraine, and he urged Kyiv to distance itself from what he called "extremists."

The U.S. and its European allies are considering additional sanctions against Moscow for its actions in Ukraine, where President Petro Poroshenko has said Russian-backed separatists continue to violate a cease-fire agreement.

The U.N. Human Rights Office said Monday more than 6,000 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since April 2014, "in spite of successive cease-fires."

此前，俄罗斯外交部长拉夫罗夫在人权理事会会议上说，乌克兰停火已经取得了“实质性进展”。他敦促基辅与他所称的“极端分子”拉开距离。

美国及其欧洲盟国正在考虑针对莫斯科在乌克兰的行动对俄罗斯采取进一步制裁措施。乌克兰总统波罗申科指责俄罗斯支持的分离分子继续违反停火协议。

联合国人权理事会星期一说，自2014年4月以来，尽管相继有过停火，乌克兰东部仍有6千多人丧生。