五角大楼最高发言人周三表示，在过去24小时内，五角大楼看到基辅周围“不到20%”的俄罗斯军队向北移动，他们“重新部署”到白俄罗斯，以便为乌克兰东部可能的行动重新装备。

此外，白宫表示，俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京的高级顾问对俄罗斯的军事发展提供了错误的信息，五角大楼称这一发展“令人不安”

五角大楼新闻秘书约翰·柯比(John Kirby)周三表示:“我们已经看到，在过去24小时内，俄罗斯针对基辅部署的一小部分部队和营级战术小组进行了重新部署。”。“可能在他们拥有的20%左右，他们开始重新部署其中一些部队。”

具体来说，柯比说，在该市北部的霍斯托梅尔机场附近的俄罗斯军队被看到向北朝着白俄罗斯移动。从俄罗斯入侵的最初几个小时起，这个机场就是激烈战斗的场所。

另外，一名美国高级国防官员说，有人看到一些俄罗斯军队从切尔诺贝利核设施撤离。然而，尚不清楚他们是否都会离开。

Kirby说，这些部队中的一些正被转移到白俄罗斯，他补充说，没有一个部队被看到返回他们的基地。

“如果俄罗斯人真的想降级，因为这是他们在这里的主张，那么他们应该把他们送回家，但他们没有这样做，至少还没有，”柯比说。“这不是我们所看到的。”

柯比说，他有意使用“重新定位”一词来描述俄罗斯军队的动向，而不是“撤退”，“因为国防部的说法是，他们正在撤退，他们试图缓和局势，缓解压力，我们不相信我们没有看到任何证据。”

相反，柯比说，美国评估认为，俄罗斯人“将改装这些部队，补给他们，然后可能在乌克兰的其他地方使用他们。”

一名美国高级国防官员表示，美国情报部门认为，俄罗斯可能打算将其中一些部队转向顿巴斯地区的战斗，这符合俄罗斯官员的公开声明，即他们希望将该地区作为他们行动的重点。

即使基辅周围的一些俄罗斯军队正在撤离，柯比和其他人已经建立了防御阵地。柯比指出，俄罗斯军队继续向城市和周边郊区发射导弹和大炮。

柯比说，没有进入情报，五角大楼同意评论新闻报道归因于一名美国官员，普京没有被完全告知俄罗斯在乌克兰战场上的表现。

柯比周三表示，“我们同意这样的结论，即在过去的一个月里，普京先生没有得到国防部的全面通知。”

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人们走过一座装饰有字母Z的剧院建筑，这个字母已经变成了s.

柯比将这一评估描述为“令人不安”和“令人担忧的问题”。

“事实上，他可能不了解所有的背景，他可能不完全了解他的部队在乌克兰失败的程度，老实说，这有点令人不安，”柯比说。

“如果他不完全了解自己的表现有多糟糕，那么他的谈判代表们将如何达成一项持久的协议?当然是尊重乌克兰主权的，”他补充道。

“另一件事是，你不知道这样的领导人在听到坏消息时会有什么反应，”柯比说。'

Less than 20% of Russian troops around Kyiv are 'repositioning': Pentagon on Day 35

Over the last 24 hours, the Pentagon has seen "less than 20%" of the Russian troops that had been around Kyiv moving northward as they "reposition" into Belarus so they can be re-equipped for possible action in eastern Ukraine, the Pentagon's top spokesman said Wednesday.

Also, The White House said Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by his top advisers about military developments in Russia, a development that the Pentagon labeled as "disconcerting."

"We have seen over the last 24 hours the repositioning of a small percentage of the troops and the battalion tactical groups that Russia had arrayed against Kyiv," Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said Wednesday. "Probably in the neighborhood of 20% of what they had, they are beginning to reposition some of those troops."

Specifically, Kirby said the Russian troops near the Hostomel airport north of the city have been seen moving north towards Belarus. The airport had been the scene of heavy fighting from the opening hours of Russia's invasion.

Separately, a senior U.S. defense official said some Russian troops had also been seen moving out of the Chernobyl nuclear facility. However, it remained unclear if they would all be leaving.

Some of those troops are being moved into Belarus, said Kirby, who added that none of the units have been seen returning to their home bases.

"If the Russians are serious about de-escalating, because that's their claim here, then they should send them home, but they're not doing that, at least not yet," Kirby said. "That's not what we're seeing."

Kirby said he was intentionally using the term reposition instead of a withdrawal to describe the movement of Russian forces "because the way it's being spun by the Ministry of Defense is that they're that they're pulling back and they're trying to de-escalate and depressurize the situation and we just don't believe we haven't seen any evidence of that."

Instead, Kirby said the U.S. assesses that the Russians are "going to refit these troops, resupply them, and then probably employ them elsewhere in Ukraine."

A senior U.S. defense official said U.S. intelligence believes that Russia may intend to shift some of these troops towards the fight in the Donbas region, which would be in line with public statements from Russian officials that they want to make that region a priority of their operations.

Even as some of the Russian troops around Kyiv move away, Kirby and the rest have established defensive positions. Kirby noted that Russian forces continue to launch missiles and artillery at the city and surrounding suburbs.

Kirby said that without getting into intelligence, the Pentagon concurred with comments innews reportsattributed to a U.S. official that Putin is not being fully advised of Russia's performance on the battlefield in Ukraine.

"We would concur with the conclusion that Mr. Putin has not been fully informed by his Ministry of Defense at every turn over the last month," Kirby said Wednesday.

Kirby described that assessment as "disconcerting" and "an issue of concern."

"The fact that he may not have all the context, that he may not fully understand the degree to which his forces are failing in Ukraine, that's a little discomforting, to be honest with you," Kirby said.

"If he's not fully informed of how poorly he's doing, then how are his negotiators going to come up with an agreement that is enduring? Certainly one that respects Ukrainian sovereignty," he added.

"The other thing is you don't know how a leader like that is going to react to getting bad news," Kirby said. '