FOR ALL the talk of Ukraine’s battlefield momentum(势头，动力), there is little optimism in Kramatorsk, the front-line city(前线城市) facing Russia’s main military effort. Vladimir Putin’s troops are 14km from the city’s edge, destroying everything that remains. Multi-tonne guided bombs hit regularly, crushing housing and industrial blocks. First-person-view drones hunt soldiers and civilians. On May 13th the city began evacuating its public monuments.
尽管乌克兰在战场上势头正劲的言论不绝于耳，但面对俄罗斯主要军事压力的前线城市克拉马托尔斯克却鲜有乐观。弗拉基米尔·普京的部队距离城市边缘仅14公里，摧毁了一切尚存之物。多吨级制导炸弹定期轰炸，压碎住宅和工业街区。第一人称视角无人机猎杀士兵和平民。5月13日，该市开始疏散其公共纪念碑。
Over 1,000km away, in the foothills(山麓丘陵) of the Carpathian mountains, another evacuation operation is under way. “New Kramatorsk” is the shorthand(简略表达；速记；简称) for an effort to transplant the city’s industrial heart, with its metalworking and machine-tooling factories, to Perechyn, a sleepy town(宁静小镇；沉睡的小镇) of 7,000 people on Ukraine’s western border. The early stages began in 2022, not long after Russia’s full-scale invasion. It gathered pace as Russian lines moved closer. Few think there is much time left. NKMZ, Kramatorsk’s machine-building flagship(旗舰；王牌产品/企业), has just announced its closure and is dismissing or relocating its workers.
在1000多公里外的喀尔巴阡山脉山麓，另一场撤离行动正在进行。“新克拉马托尔斯克”是一项努力的简称，旨在将该市的工业核心——包括金属加工和机床制造厂——移植到乌克兰西部边境一个仅有7000人口、宁静的佩列钦小镇。早期阶段始于2022年，俄罗斯全面入侵后不久。随着俄军战线逼近，行动加速。没多少人认为时间还有很多。克拉马托尔斯克的机械制造旗舰企业NKMZ刚刚宣布关闭，正在解雇或重新安置其工人。
In Perechyn, a vast industrial park has risen from the fields. Blue-and-white corrugated-iron(波纹铁皮) factories now dot the mountains. There is a new main road, with lorries grinding(发出刺耳声地移动；嘎吱作响) in and out; schools, kindergartens and a technical college; and several prefab housing complexes(预制房屋综合体). More than 3,500 skilled workers have moved west. Nataliya Shevchenko was among the first, arriving in 2023 with her husband. “Perechyn was a village when we got here,” she says. “There wasn’t even a proper road.”
在佩列钦，一个巨大的工业园从田野中拔地而起。蓝白相间的波纹铁皮工厂现在点缀在山间。有一条新的主干道，卡车隆隆地进出；还有学校、幼儿园和一所技术学院；以及几个预制房屋综合体。超过3500名熟练工人已经西迁。纳塔利娅·舍甫琴科是第一批人，她和丈夫于2023年到达这里。“我们刚到的时候佩列钦还是个村庄，”她说，“连一条像样的路都没有。”
