烏克蘭無人機指揮官稱其部隊擊斃獲勳俄羅斯將軍

基輔，9月16日（路透社）——烏克蘭無人機指揮官羅伯特・布羅夫迪（Robert Brovdi）表示，烏克蘭無人機部隊週六在烏克蘭東部擊斃一名俄羅斯將軍；就在兩週多前，這名將軍才因戰時服役獲頒俄羅斯英雄勳章。KYIV, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Ukrainian drone forces killed a Russian general in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, a little over two weeks after he received a Hero of Russia award for his wartime service, Ukrainian drone commander Robert Brovdi said.

安東・格魯尼斯（Anton Grunis）少將今年稍早曾向總統普丁（Vladimir Putin）報告，他麾下部隊如何協助俄羅斯攻占烏克蘭據點科斯蒂安蒂尼夫卡（Kostiantynivka），因而獲得普丁讚揚；但基輔與獨立軍事分析人士都對這項領土主張提出質疑。Major General Anton Grunis had won praise from President Vladimir Putin earlier this year after reporting how troops under his command helped Russia capture the Ukrainian stronghold of Kostiantynivka, a territorial claim disputed by Kyiv and independent military analysts.

指揮烏克蘭無人系統部隊的布羅夫迪表示，他麾下一支部隊夜間攻擊格魯尼斯在烏克蘭頓內茨克地區俄軍占領區內的陣地，將他擊斃。Brovdi, who commands Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, said one of his units had killed Grunis in a nighttime strike on his position in a Russian-held part of Ukraine's Donetsk region.

布羅夫迪週三在Telegram發文寫道：「格魯尼斯將軍已於9月12日遭殲滅。」他並補充，格魯尼斯是他的無人機部隊擊斃的第7名俄羅斯軍事指揮官。路透社無法獨立查證布羅夫迪的說法。"General Grunis was eliminated on September 12," Brovdi wrote in a Telegram post on Wednesday, adding that the general was the seventh Russian military commander killed by his drone forces. Reuters could not independently verify Brovdi's assertions.

俄羅斯國防部通常不會證實高階人員的戰場死亡消息，但俄羅斯指揮官阿普提・阿勞迪諾夫（Apti Alaudinov）在通訊軟體Telegram發文表示，格魯尼斯已經身亡，但未提供進一步細節。Russia's Defence Ministry does not routinely confirm battlefield deaths of senior personnel, but Russian commander Apti Alaudinov, in a post on the Telegram messaging app, said Grunis had died, without giving further details.

8月下旬，神情肅穆的格魯尼斯在一場典禮上接受俄羅斯英雄「金星」獎章，當時他站在一列身穿禮服的軍官最前方。A solemn-faced Grunis received the Gold Star Hero of Russia award at a ceremony in late August, standing first in a line of officers in dress uniform.

7月3日，他在一場電視轉播的安全會議上透過視訊向普丁報告，詳細說明他的第4獨立近衛摩托化步兵旅部隊如何參與所謂攻占科斯蒂安蒂尼夫卡的行動。On July 3, he had addressed Putin via video link at a televised security meeting and described in detail how troops of his 4th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade had participated in the claimed capture of Kostiantynivka.

普丁向他道賀並說：「運氣會降臨在做事的人身上。」Putin congratulated him and said: "Luck comes to those who do the work."

當時，烏克蘭否認俄羅斯已攻占該市，並表示烏軍仍掌握控制權。總部位於美國的戰爭研究所（Institute for the Study of War）表示，俄軍已滲透該市，但尚未完全占領；該機構並指出，俄羅斯的說法是更大範圍資訊戰的一部分，意在「描繪烏克蘭前線正在崩潰」。At the time, Ukraine denied that Russia had captured the city and said its forces retained control. The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War said Russian forces had infiltrated but not fully seized the city and said Russia's claim was part of a wider information campaign to "portray the Ukrainian frontlines as collapsing."

俄羅斯今年整體推進速度已經放緩，但俄軍仍持續進逼科斯蒂安蒂尼夫卡等戰略城市。莫斯科希望控制更廣大頓巴斯地區全境，並已將此列為與基輔陷入停滯的談判中一項核心領土要求。Russia’s overall advances have slowed this year, but its forces have continued to press strategic cities such as Kostiantynivka. Moscow wants to control all of the broader Donbas region and has made that a central territorial demand in stalled negotiations with Kyiv.

（路透社報導；安娜・普魯奇尼卡基輔補充報導；亞歷山德拉・普倫蒂斯撰稿；休・勞森編輯）(Reporting by Reuters; Additional reporting by Anna Pruchnika in Kyiv; Writing by Alessandra Prentice; Editing by Hugh Lawson)