Arthur Greene
I-Russia isivumile “ukunciphisa” ukuhlasela kwayo enyakatho ye-Ukraine – okuhlanganisa nenhlokodolobha i-Kyiv.
Kodwa abaholi basentshonalanga banxuse ukuthi kuxwayiswe ngalesi sinyathelo, neMelika ithe “Akekho umuntu okufanele akhohliswe yizimemezelo ze-Russia.”
Ngemuva kwezingxoxo zokuthula ebezise-Istanbul e-Turkey ngoLwesibili, i-Russia imemezele ukuthi izokwehlisa ukuhlasela kwayo e-Kyiv kanye nasedolobheni elisenyakatho ye-Ukraine i-Chernihiv emzamweni “wokukhulisa ukwethembana”.
Nakuba lesi simemezelo samukelwe ngabaseNtshonalanga, sihlangatshezwe ukuqapha okukhulu nokungathembani.
Okhulumela uNdunankulu waseBrithani uthe uMengameli wase-Russia uVladimir Putin kufanele “ahlulelwe ngezenzo zakhe, hhayi ngamagama akhe.”
Izwe laseMelika liqhubeke nelinye igxathu, ngesikhathi umqondisi wezokuxhumana e-White House uKate Bedingfield ethi noma yikuphi ukunyakaza kwamasosha ase-Russia azungeze i-Kyiv “kuwukuhlasela kabusha hhayi ukuhoxa.”
Abaningi baqaphele ukuthi izindawo i-Russia ethembise ukunciphisa ukuhlasela kuzona yilezo okubikwa ukuthi amasosha ase-Ukraine ayahluleka ukuqapha khona.
Ukuthi isimemezelo se-Russia sokuhlehlisa ukuhlaselwa kufanele sithenjwa noma cha, ngokungangabazeki sibonisa ukuthi ukuhlasela kukaPutin kuhluleke kangakanani.
Ngesikhathi eqala ukuyalela amasosha akhe ukuthi ahlasele i-Ukraine esikhathini esingangenyanga esedlule, inhloso yakhe “bekuwukuqeda” uhulumeni wase-Kyiv ezinsukwini ezimbalwa.