俄羅斯誓言繼續轟炸敘土邊境目標

Moscow said it would continue to bomb targets in Syria close to the Turkish border while insisting it had no intention of escalating hostilities with Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet.

莫斯科方面表示，將繼續對敘利亞境內靠近土耳其邊境的目標進行轟炸，同時堅稱無意升級與土耳其的對抗，此前一架俄羅斯戰機在敘土邊境地區被擊落。

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for President Vladimir Putin, said Russia’s air strikes against rebels in northern Syria would “without doubt” continue. “We would prefer the terrorists and militants to keep further away from the Turkish border, but unfortunately they tend to be located on Syrian territory close to the Turkish border,” he said.

俄羅斯總統弗拉基米爾渠京(Vladimir Putin)的發言人德米特里巴斯科夫(Dmitry Peskov)表示，俄羅斯“毫無疑問”將繼續在敘利亞北部對叛軍進行空中打擊。“我們寧願這些恐怖分子和武裝分子能遠離土耳其邊境，但不幸的是，他們往往藏身於靠近土耳其邊境的敘利亞境內，”他說。

Activists reporting for the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Russian warplanes on Wednesday carried out a dozen air strikes in the north of Latakia province where the Russian SU-24 aircraft crashed on Tuesday after being struck by Turkish fighter jets.

總部位於倫敦的敘利亞人權觀察組織(Syrian Observatory for Human Rights)的活動人士報告稱，俄軍戰機週三在拉塔基亞省(Latakia)北部實施了十二波空襲，這裏是俄軍一架蘇-24戰機週二被土耳其戰鬥機擊中後墜毀的地區。

Russian warplanes also carried out raids on Azaz, a strategic border town further to the north, in Aleppo province, where Isis fighters are present.

俄軍戰機還對阿扎茲(Azaz)進行了空襲，這是位於“伊斯蘭國”(ISIS)武裝分子盤踞的阿勒頗省(Aleppo)北方的一個邊境重鎮。

Sergei Lavrov, Russian foreign minister, said Moscow had to respond to Turkey shooting down the Russian jet, describing the action as a “planned” move by Ankara.

俄羅斯外長謝爾蓋拉夫羅夫(Sergei Lavrov)表示，莫斯科必須對土耳其擊落俄戰機作出迴應，他稱這一行爲是安卡拉方面“有預謀”之舉。

“We will not wage war with Turkey and relations with the Turkish people have not changed, we just have questions about the acts of the current Turkish leadership,” he said.

“我們不會對土耳其發動戰爭，我們與土耳其人民的關係沒有改變。我們只是質疑土耳其現任領導層的所作所爲，”他說。

Earlier Moscow said it was deploying advanced S-400 air defence missiles to its air base in Syria, in a sign of the risks of further military escalation.

莫斯科早些時候稱，將爲其在敘利亞的空軍基地部署先進的S-400防空導彈，這一跡象突顯了軍事對抗進一步升級的風險。

“By decision of the commander-in-chief, the anti-aircraft missile system S-400 will be deployed to the Hmeimeen air base in Syria to ensure air defence in all directions,” defence minister Sergei Shoigu announced on Wednesday.

俄羅斯國防部長謝爾蓋紹伊古(Sergei Shoigu)週三宣佈：“根據總司令決定，S-400防空導彈系統將被部署至敘利亞的赫梅米姆(Hmeimeen)空軍基地，以確保所有方向的空防安全。”

The deployment of S-400s would enable the Russian military to target aircraft flying at a height of up to 6,000m and within 600km of the base in Latakia on the Syrian coast.

S-400防空導彈的部署將使俄軍能夠瞄準位於敘利亞港口城市拉塔基亞(Latakia)的上述空軍基地周圍600公里範圍內、飛行高度6000米以下的空中目標。