分離分子稱89%投票者贊成頓涅茨克獨立

Organizers of Sunday's independence referendum in Ukraine’s eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk say 89 percent of those who cast ballots voted in favor of seceding from Ukraine.
星期天烏克蘭東部頓涅茨克地區的公投組織者說，89%的投票者贊成脫離烏克蘭。

The results were announced just three hours after the polls closed and after reporters were told they would not be ready.
這一結果是在投票站關閉才三個鐘頭就公佈的，而且記者們被告知結果不會揭曉。

The separatists say 10 percent rejected independence and that turnout was 75 percent. The early results are impossible to independently verify as there were no international monitors present in Donetsk.
分離分子說，10%的投票者拒絕獨立，他們說投票率爲75%。初步結果無法證實，因爲頓涅茨克沒有國際監察人員。

A VOA reporter in Donetsk describes the election as a "shambles," with no clear procedures on tallying the ballots, reports of multiple voting, and makeshift ballot boxes.
在頓涅茨克的一位美國之音記者說，投票很混亂，沒有明確的程序計算票數。有報道說有人多次投票，還有臨時投票箱。

Some who voted for independence say they mistrust the central Ukrainian government and believe a unified Ukraine is impossible. Those who oppose secession say the whole election is illegal and did not bother to cast a ballot.
有些投票贊成獨立的人說，他們不相信烏克蘭中央政府，認爲統一的烏克蘭是不可能的。反對脫離烏克蘭的人說，整個公投是非法的，他們不屑於投票。

There is no information yet on results from Luhansk, the other eastern region that held an independence referendum Sunday.
現在不清楚星期天烏克蘭東部另一個舉行公投的地區盧甘斯克的結果。

The central Ukrainian government in Kyiv called the voting a "criminal farce," and the United States and its European allies denounced it as illegal.
基輔的烏克蘭中央政府說，公投是犯罪鬧劇。美國和歐洲盟國稱公投是非法的。

It is still unclear whether so-called independence would mean more autonomy within Ukraine, an attempt to create an independent state, or a move to join Russia.
現在不清楚所謂獨立是意味着在烏克蘭內部的更大自治，還是創造一個獨立的國家，或是加入俄羅斯。

Russian President Vladimir Putin had urged the separatists to postpone Sunday's voting. The United States says it is disappointed the Kremlin did not use more influence to persuade the separatists to put it off.
俄羅斯總統普京曾敦促分離分子推遲週日的公投，美國則表示，俄羅斯沒有使用更多影響推遲分離公投，美國對此感到失望。