Dylan Bettencourt
Umbutho wezempi wase-Russia ujube ithimba lamahlengethwa ezinhloli aqeqeshiwe ukuze avikele ulwandle olumnyama njengengxenye yokuhlasela okuqhubekayo kwezwe e-Ukraine.
Izithombe ze-satelite ezikhishwe iMelika Naval Institute zibonise ukuthi amahlengethwa athuthelwe emasangweni ase-Crimea ezinsukwini ngaphambi kokuba i-Russia ihlasele i-Ukraine.
Kuthiwa amahlengethwa asetshenziswa amasosha ase-Russia emisebenzini ye-counter diver.
Izilwane ezincelisayo zasemanzini ezidume ngobuhlakani bazo ziqeqeshelwa e-Crimean State Oceanarium ukuze zilwe nabangase bahlasele olwandle zithwale amabhomu futhi zingavumeli lutho oludlulayo.
I-Russia yathatha izintambo zokuqeqesha isikhungo kanye nokuqeqesha amahlengethwa ngemuva kokuthatha i-Crimea ngonyaka ka-2014 ithi lezi zilwane zaphuma ezweni lazo.
Indawo egadwe amahlengethwa inemikhumbi yempi ebalulekile ehlanganisa ifulegi lase-Moskva ngaphambi kokuthi licwiliswe.
Imicibisholo evela e-Ukraine ayikwazi ukufika kulendawo kodwa usongo lokuhlaselwa ngaphansi kwamanzi luseyinto engenzeka nokuyinto amahlengethwa afuna ukuyivimba.
Ukuqeqeshwa kwezimpi kwamahlengethwa kwaqalwa ngo-1959 lapho kwatholakala ukuthi amahlengethwa ayekwazi ukuletha imiyalezo futhi ahlonze ngisho nezinsongo zasemanzini.
I-Soviet Union yaqala ukuqeqesha amahlengethwa eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.
Nokho ukuphatha amahlengethwa bekulokhu kuhamba kahle. Ngo-2013 i-Russia yalahlekelwa izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zamahlengethwa lapho izilwane ezincelisayo kubikwa ukuthi zashiya amasosha ziyofuna uthando.
“Bawushiya umdlalo wemikhumbi yasolwandle benza amasu othando. Babhukuda beyobheka abangani,” kusho umthombo wamasosha utshela i-Daily Mail.
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