摩洛哥拉巴特——美国仍然怀疑俄罗斯是否真的参与了与乌克兰的谈判结束对邻国长达一个月的战争。
美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯(Antony Johnson)表示，克里姆林宫的谈判代表仍未表现出“真正严肃的迹象”，尽管双方在周二的会谈后不久就讨论了和平协议的潜在要素。
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美国国务卿安东尼·布林肯在约旦河西岸城市拉姆安拉参加会议..
俄罗斯军方表示，将“从根本上”缩减在乌克兰首都基辅和北部城市切尔尼戈夫附近的军事行动那些会谈一个机会。
但布林肯拒绝透露，在俄罗斯领导人弗拉基米尔·普京发动入侵并旨在迅速接管乌克兰政府近五周后，美国是否已经确认俄罗斯战略的真正转变。
他在摩洛哥拉巴特告诉记者，“俄罗斯说什么，做什么，我们关注的是后者——俄罗斯正在继续残酷对待乌克兰及其人民，就在我们说话的时候，这种情况还在继续。”。
“我没有看到任何迹象表明这正在以有效的方式向前发展，因为俄罗斯没有表现出真正严肃的迹象，但如果乌克兰得出结论认为有，那很好，我们支持这一点，”他补充说。
美国总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)周二也对俄罗斯将转移部队的说法进行了权衡，称“我们将看看他们是否会按照他们的建议行事。”
“在我看到他们的行动之前，我不会解读任何东西，”他在白宫与新加坡总理的联合新闻声明中说。
拜登提到乌克兰和俄罗斯正在土耳其进行的谈判，并表示西方盟友一致同意“看看他们能提供什么”
“我们会发现他们在做什么，”他补充道。“但与此同时，我们将继续保持强有力的制裁。我们将继续为乌克兰军方提供自卫能力，我们将继续密切关注事态的发展。”
乌克兰谈判代表为和平协议制定了详细的框架，乌克兰将保持中立，不加入西方军事联盟北约，但它将加入欧盟，其安全将得到包括美国在内的几个地区和世界大国的保证
在周二被问及美国是否会加入该协议时，布林肯表示支持:“如果有某种结果，如果我们对乌克兰的支持可以成为其中的一部分，可以包括我们未来对乌克兰国防和安全的支持，那当然是我们希望追求的。”
据美联社报道，土耳其外交部长梅夫吕特·恰武什奥卢表示，周二的会谈取得了“有意义的”进展，在一些问题上达成了“共识和共同理解”。
但布林肯更加怀疑，称这可能是莫斯科“试图转移和欺骗人们，让他们认为它没有做它正在做的事情，或者它只是试图重组，因为它已经遭受了严重的损失——我不知道。”
五角大楼官员上周表示，俄罗斯军队已经从基辅以东被击退，并转移到该市以北的防御阵地，这表明克里姆林宫在夺取首都和斩首乌克兰政府的努力中遭受了重大损失。
上周晚些时候，俄罗斯表示，其“主要目标”现在是东部省份顿巴斯，莫斯科在那里领导分裂势力反对乌克兰政府长达八年多。
美国最高外交官在战前多次与俄罗斯同行接触，称美国必须给外交一个机会。但在克里姆林宫发动野蛮入侵后，他变得更加怀疑——指责克里姆林宫没有诚意谈判，而是打着外交的幌子继续攻击。
在拜登周二早些时候与英国、法国、德国和意大利同行通话后，英国政府回应了同样的怀疑态度。
鲍里斯·约翰逊(Boris Johnson)的一名发言人表示:“总理强调，我们必须根据他们的行动而不是他们的言论来判断普京政权。”
US still skeptical of peace talks as Russia claims to pull back from Kyiv
RABAT, Morocco -- The U.S. remains skeptical that Russia is engaging genuinely innegotiations with Ukraineto end its monthlong war against its neighbor.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Kremlin's negotiators had still not shown "signs of real seriousness," even after the two sides discussed potential elements of a peace deal shortly after talks in Turkey on Tuesday.
Russia's military said it would "fundamentally" scale back its military operations near Ukraine's capital Kyiv and the northern city Chernihiv to givethose talksa chance.
But Blinken declined to say whether the U.S. had confirmed a real shift in Russian strategy nearly five weeks after Russian leader Vladimir Putin launched his invasion and aimed for a swift takeover of the Ukrainian government.
"There is what Russia says and what Russia does, and we're focused on the latter -- and what Russia is doing is the continued brutalization of Ukraine and its people, and that continues as we speak," he told reporters in Rabat, Morocco.
"I have not seen anything that suggests that this is moving forward in an effective way because Russia is not showing signs of real seriousness, but if Ukraine concludes that there is, that's good, and we support that," he added.
President Joe Biden also weighed in Tuesday on Russia's claim that it will move forces, saying "we'll see if they follow through on what they're suggesting."
"I don't read anything into it until I see what their actions are," he said during a joint press statement with Singapore's prime minister at the White House.
Biden noted the ongoing negotiations in Turkey between Ukraine and Russia and said there is consensus among Western allies to "see what they have to offer."
"We'll find out what they do," he added. "But in the meantime, we're going to continue to keep strong sanctions. We are going to continue to provide the Ukrainian military with their capacity to defend themselves and we are going to continue to keep a close eye on what's going on."
Ukrainian negotiators have laid out a detailed framework for a peace deal, where Ukraine would remain neutral and not joined the Western military alliance NATO -- but it would join the European Union and its security would be guaranteed by several regional and world powers, including the U.S.
Asked Tuesday whether the U.S. would join that pact, Blinken expressed support: "If there is some kind of outcome, and if our support for Ukraine can be part of that, can include our support in the future for its defense and security, of course that's something we'll want to pursue."
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Tuesday's talks made "meaningful" progress, with "a consensus and common understanding" on some issues, according to the Associated Press.
But Blinken was more skeptical, saying it could be Moscow "trying to deflect and deceive people into thinking that it's not doing what it is doing, whether it's simply trying to regroup given the heavy losses that it's suffered - I don't know."
Russian forces had already been pushed back from east of Kyiv and moved into defensive positions north of the city, Pentagon officials said last week -- a sign the Kremlin was suffering major losses in its efforts to seize the capital and decapitate the Ukrainian government.
Late last week, Russia said its "main goal" was now on the eastern provinces known as the Donbas, where Moscow has led separatist forces for over eight years against the Ukrainian government.
The top U.S. diplomat engaged with his Russian counterpart repeatedly before the war, saying the U.S. had to give diplomacy a chance. But after the Kremlin launched its brutal invasion, he's been far more skeptical -- accusing the Kremlin of not negotiating in good faith and, instead, using the cover of diplomacy to continue its attacks.
After Biden spoke to his British, French, German and Italian counterparts earlier on Tuesday, the British government echoed the same skepticism.
"The Prime Minister underscored that we must judge Putin's regime by their actions not their words," a spokesperson for Boris Johnson said.
