乌克兰总统命令军队夺回边界控制权

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.

乌克兰总统波罗申科说，他已经命令军队本周采取果断行动，重新夺取乌克兰-俄罗斯边界地区的控制权。
 
波罗申科星期一对高级安全官员讲话时说，他希望军事推进不超过一个星期。他表示，这将为与亲俄分裂分子实现停火并举行和谈创造条件。
 
波罗申科说，乌克兰部队已经夺回了边界地区百分之10以上的控制权，并部署了检查站，以阻止俄罗斯军械流入乌克兰。
 
波罗申科讲话前的几个小时，俄罗斯能源巨头俄罗斯国家天然气公司以基辅在最后期限前未能支付将近20亿美元的能源债务为由，切断了对乌克兰的天然气供应。
 
星期一，乌克兰没有表现出软化立场的迹象。乌克兰称目前有近140亿立方米地下天然气储备，能够满足12月之前的需求。