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原文：

 The White House announced the first batch of military aid for Ukraine this year, more than three months after running of money to replace the weapons it sent.

 National security adviser Jake Sullivan said the U.S. will use a surprise $300 million in savings it found while buying supplies for Kyiv. The package will fund ammunition, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-tank weapons and artillery rounds, including for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS."This ammunition will keep Ukraine's guns firing for a period, but only a short period," Sullivan said during a briefing.

 The Defense Department used the last of its money to replace what it sent Ukraine near the end of last year and has been searching for ways to support the war effort ever since. Those include having other countries transfer weapons to Kyiv that Washington then replaces, rerouting weapons seized from Iranian smugglers and even perhaps using the last $4 billion in authority it has to arm Ukraine.

 Pentagon leaders have been pleading for Congress to pass the supplemental spending bill. This new package, Sullivan said, may only last two weeks.

中譯：

 美國白宮宣布今年對烏克蘭的第一筆軍事援助。這是援烏武器經費短缺3個多月後的首次援助。

 國安顧問蘇利文表示，美國將使用武器採購合約節省的成本，緊急援助烏克蘭3億美元，提供烏國所需彈藥、防空飛彈、反裝甲武器和砲彈，包括高機動砲兵火箭系統（又稱HIMARS）。蘇利文在簡報中指出：「本次提供的彈藥可供烏國砲兵射擊一段時間，但為時不長。」

 美國防部在去年底使用最後僅存的經費，補充援烏武器後，一直尋求支援烏國作戰的途徑，包括請求其他國家將武器先移轉給基輔，然後再補足其庫存，亦轉交扣留的伊朗走私武器，甚至運用最後可以動用的40億美元等方式援助烏國。

 美國五角大廈高層領導官員曾請求國會通過「補充支出法案」。蘇利文表示，新一輪的軍援僅夠烏軍維持作戰2週。

─關鍵軍語─

 ※military aid：軍事援助

 ※ammunition：彈藥

 ※anti-aircraft missiles：防空飛彈

 ※anti-tank weapons：反裝甲武器

 ※artillery rounds：砲彈