拉脱维亚官员透露，在边境附近发生了几起事件，蒙面武装分子试图将来自白俄罗斯的移民推送过境。 。他此前曾任外国新闻记者、脱欧通讯员，以及驻耶路撒冷的中东通讯员英国夏令时间 14:53蒙面武装分子在白俄罗斯试图将移民偷运进入拉脱维亚，这是俄罗斯对北约发动混合战争行动的最新升级。
Latvian officials disclosed several incidents near the border where masked gunmen tried to push migrants from Belarus Credit Gints Ivuskans/AFP James Rothwell Berlin Correspondent Show biography James reports on Germany and European defence. He has previously been a Foreign News Reporter, Brexit Correspondent, and Middle East Correspondent in Jerusalem 2:53pm BST Masked gunmen in Belarus have attempted to smuggle migrants across the border into Latvia in the latest escalation of Russia’s hybrid-war campaign against Nato.
拉脱维亚官员透露，最近发生了几起事件，武装团伙试图将移民推送过境，并在边境附近偷走了监控摄像头。
Latvian officials have disclosed several recent incidents where armed groups tried to push migrants across the border and stole surveillance cameras near the frontier.
据当地媒体报道，这些男子属于一个被称为“黑俄罗斯人”的团伙——一个在俄罗斯与北约成员国边境地区活动的有组织犯罪网络。
According to local media reports, the men belonged to a group known as “Black Russians” - an organised crime network operating across Russia’s border with Nato members.
一系列跨境袭击事件导致一名流亡的白俄罗斯记者警告称，弗拉基米尔·普京可能正在尝试在北约东翼实施一种“小绿人”策略。
The series of cross-border raids led an exiled Belarusian journalist to warn that Vladimir Putin may be attempting a“little green men” strategy on the alliance’s eastern flank.
“小绿人”指的是2014年俄罗斯派遣穿着无标识制服的蒙面士兵进入乌克兰，当时莫斯科吞并克里米亚，并支持顿巴斯地区反对基辅的起义。
“Little green men” referred to Russia sending masked soldiers with unmarked uniforms into Ukraine in 2014, when Moscow annexed Crimea and backed an uprising against Kyiv in the Donbas.
白俄罗斯独裁者亚历山大·卢卡申科是普京的亲密盟友，他允许自己的国家被用作2022年对乌克兰全面入侵的前线基地。
Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian dictator is a close ally of Putin who allowed his country to be used as a staging ground for the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
他还允许白俄罗斯成为移民的中转中心，这些移民试图通过突破拉脱维亚、波兰、爱沙尼亚和立陶宛的边境围栏进入欧盟领土。
He has also allowed Belarus to serve as a hub for migrants who attempt to cross into EU territory by breaching border fences in Latvia, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania.
白俄罗斯独裁者亚历山大·卢卡申科是弗拉基米尔·普京的亲密盟友，他允许自己的国家被用作2022年对乌克兰全面入侵的前线基地。谢尔盖·博比廖夫/路透社拉脱维亚内政部长雅尼斯·东布拉瓦表示，最严重的事件发生在10月初，当时武装分子试图将20名移民偷运过边境。
Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian dictator who is a close ally of Vladimir Putin, allowed his country to be used as a staging ground for the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine Sergei Bobylyov/Reuters Jānis Dombrava, the Latvian interior minister, said the most serious incident occurred in early October, when gunmen attempted to smuggle 20 migrants over the frontier.
“[拉脱维亚]士兵阻止了20名非法移民试图非法越境的企图，”他说。
“[Latvian] soldiers stopped an attempt by 20 illegal immigrants to illegally cross our border,” he said.
“但与许多之前的事件不同，这一次的挑衅表现得尤为示威性和具有攻击性。”“位于白俄罗斯一侧的非法移民的护送人员携带武器，对拉脱维亚国家武装部队[NBS]士兵发出威胁，并且还积极鼓动并驱使移民群体向拉脱维亚前进，”他补充道。
“But unlike many previous incidents, this time the provocation was particularly demonstrative and aggressive.”“The escorts of the illegal migrants, who were located on the Belarusian side, were armed, issued threats to NBS [Latvian National Armed Forces] soldiers, and also actively urged and drove the migrant group toward Latvia,” he added.
流亡白俄罗斯记者、卢卡申科政权的反对者德米特里·哈尔科声称，这些蒙面持枪者与用于袭击乌克兰的“小绿人”相似。
Dzmitry Halko, an exiled Belarusian journalist and opponent of the Lukashenko regime, claimed the masked gunmen were similar to the “little green men” used to attack Ukraine.
“他们就是小绿人，只是升级到了一个新的层次。他们以前是绿色的，现在变成了黑色的，”他说，暗指“黑俄罗斯人”这一称号。“这只是一个非常方便的掩护，一个非常方便的传说。”
“They’re the little green men, just on a new level. They were green, they became black,” he said, alluding to the “Black Russians” moniker. “It’s just a very convenient cover, a very convenient legend.”