七国集团似乎疲于应对危机

U.S. President Joe Biden is out to sustain the global alliance punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine as he embarks on a 5-day trip to Europe as the four-month-old war shows no sign of abating and its aftershocks to global food and energy supplies are deepening.

美国总统拜登在开始为期五天的欧洲之行之际，试图继续维持惩罚俄罗斯入侵乌克兰的全球联盟。目前，这场持续四个月的战争丝毫没有缓和的迹象，对全球粮食和能源供应的影响正在加深。

Biden first joins a meeting of the Group of 7 leading economic powers in the Bavarian Alps of Germany and later travels to Madrid for a summit with leaders of the 30 NATO countries.

拜登首先参加了在德国巴伐利亚阿尔卑斯山举行的七国集团会议，随后前往马德里参加与北约30国领导人举行的峰会。

The visit comes as the global coalition to bolster Ukraine and punish Russia for its aggression has showed signs of fraying amid skyrocketing inflation in food and energy prices caused by the conflict.

此次欧洲之行之时，支持乌克兰并惩罚俄罗斯侵略行为的全球联盟显示出疲于应对冲突导致粮食和能源价格暴涨的迹象。

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his counterpart from Belarus Saturday that Moscow would supply Minsk with missile systems capable of carrying nuclear weapons, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

据俄罗斯外交部消息，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京周六对白俄罗斯总统表示，莫斯科将向明斯克提供可携带核武器的导弹系统。

At a meeting with Putin in St.Petersburg, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko expressed concern about what he calls "aggressive", "confrontational" and "repulsive" policies of its neighbors Lithuania and Poland.

白俄罗斯总统卢卡申科在圣彼得堡与普京会晤时，对邻国立陶宛和波兰的“侵略性”、“对抗性”和“令人反感”的政策表示关切。

Lukashenko asked Putin to help Belarus mount, quote, a "symmetrical response," end quote, to what he said were nuclear-armed flights by the U.S.-led NATO alliance near Belarus borders.

卢卡申科请求普京帮助白俄罗斯做出“对称回应”，他说美国领导的北约联盟在白俄罗斯边境附近进行了携带核武器的飞行。

Up to 40,000 American National Guard (Army National Guard) soldiers across the country, or about 13 percent of the force, have not yet gotten the mandated COVID-19 vaccine, and as the deadline for shots looms, at least 14,000 of them have flatly refused and could be forced out of the service.

全国各地多达4万名美国国民警卫队(陆军国民警卫队)士兵，约占总人数的13%，尚未接种强制要求的新冠肺炎疫苗。随着疫苗接种截止日期的临近，至少1.4万人依然拒绝接种，可能会被迫退役。

More from VOA's Tommie McNeil.

美国之音记者汤米·麦克内尔报道。

Guard soldiers have until the coming Thursday to get the vaccine.

警卫士兵必须在下周四之前接种疫苗。

And according to data obtained by The Associated Press, between 20 percent to 30 percent of the Guard soldiers in six states are not vaccinated, and more than 10 percent in 43 other states still need shots.

根据美联社获得的数据，6个州有20%至30%的警卫队士兵没有接种疫苗，另外43个州有超过10%的士兵仍然还没有接种疫苗。

Guard leaders say states are doing all they can to encourage soldiers to get vaccinated by the time limit.

警卫队领导人表示，各州正在尽其所能鼓励士兵在规定时间内接种疫苗。

Tommie McNeil, VOA News, Washington.

美国之音新闻，汤米·麦克内尔华盛顿报道。