克里在聯合國人權理事會就烏克蘭東部發表講話

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."美國國務卿克里星期一在日內瓦聯合國人權理事會發表講話指出，烏克蘭東部的男女老少“正在被殺害、折磨和強姦”。

此前，俄羅斯外交部長拉夫羅夫在人權理事會會議上說，烏克蘭停火已經取得了“實質性進展”。他敦促基輔與他所稱的“極端分子”拉開距離。

美國及其歐洲盟國正在考慮針對莫斯科在烏克蘭的行動對俄羅斯採取進一步制裁措施。烏克蘭總統波羅申科指責俄羅斯支持的分離分子繼續違反停火協議。

聯合國人權理事會星期一說，自2014年4月以來，儘管相繼有過停火，烏克蘭東部仍有6千多人喪生。