双语新闻：北约卫星图像显示俄在乌克兰边境屯兵四万 NATO Recon Shows 40,000 Russian Troops,Hardware on Ukraine

北约公布的卫星图像显示，在乌克兰边界附近有北约所说的整装待命的4万俄罗斯军队，还有坦克、飞机和其他军事装备。

这些卫星图像是星期四向各大媒体公布的。此前，俄罗斯不断保证，国际社会不必为这些部队感到惊慌。

与此同时，基辅政府正在寻求化解东乌克兰的紧张局势，那里的亲俄抗议者本周早些时候占领了政府办公楼，并要求为加入俄罗斯联邦举行公投。

不过，包括星期三公布的几个民调都显示，东部主要城市顿涅茨克的居民绝大多数都反对采取加入俄罗斯的任何行动。民调公司与顿涅茨克国立大学共同进行的这次民调显示，顿涅茨克不到27%的居民支持占领政府办公楼，希望脱离乌克兰的人也只有4%。

盖洛普和国际共和研究所一起进行的民调显示，只有4%的受访者赞成分裂。这项调查结果公布于4月5日。

白宫说，奥巴马总统星期四通过电话与德国总理默克尔进行磋商。奥巴马和默克尔再次敦促莫斯科从乌克兰边境地区撤军。

NATO has released satellite photographs showing what it says are 40,000 Russian troops massed near the Ukraine border, along with tanks, aircraft and other hardware said to be awaiting orders from Moscow.

The imagery, released to news outlets Wednesday, follows repeated Russian assurances that the deployment is no cause for international alarm.

That satellite intelligence comes as the government in Kyiv seeks to defuse tensions in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian protesters seized control of government buildings earlier this week and issued demands for a vote on joining the Russian Federation.

However, several surveys, including a poll released Wednesday, have found that residents of the key eastern city of Donetsk overwhelmingly oppose any move to join Russia. That survey, conducted March 26-29 in conjunction with Donetsk National University, showed less than 27 percent of city residents supporting the building seizures, and only 4 percent wanting to separate from Ukraine.

A poll conducted by the Gallup organization in conjunction with the International Republican Institute found just 4 percent of respondents favoring secession. That survey was released April 5.

The White House says President Barack Obama conferred with German Chancellor Angela Merkel by phone Thursday, and that both leaders again called on Moscow to pull back its troops from the border regions.