I-Ukraine izolanda izikhali eMelika ngenhloso yokunqoba i-Russia

Dylan Bettencourt

UMengameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelensky uthi izwe lakhe lizocela izikhali ezinzima eMelika ezizobasiza ukuze inqobe i-Russia.

Ongqongqoshe bezokuVikela eMelika u-Antony J. Blinken  noLloyd Austin ngokusho kukaZelensky, bayasibheka isicelo sabo.

UMengameli wase-Ukraine uthe iMelika kanye ne-United Kingdom ibibaseka kakhulu selokhu kwahlasela i-Russia ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule.

Wengeze ngokuthi uzobhala uhlu lwezikhali azidingayo futhi uzoluthumela kuMengameli waseMelika uJoe Biden ngeSonto.

Ngenkathi encoma abaholi abambalwa base-Europe abathathe uhambo lokuya ezweni elikhungethwe izimpi ubenethemba lokuthi noMengameli uBiden uzoza e-Ukraine.

I-Ukraine ibingadingi izithombe eziletha ubuhlungu,” kusho uMengameli kodwa kunalokho izocela izindiza nezimoto eziwuhlobo lombayimbayi eMelika. 

I-Russia ithe ukuhlasela kwayo i-Ukraine yayenzela ukususa lelizwe lase-Ukraine ngaphansi komthetho wama-Nazi. 

UZelensky ongumJuda uthe lokho kwakuwukuzenzisa eqhathanisa nenqubo yama-German fascist anqoba i-Europe eminyakeni engu-80 edlule.

“Lawa ngama-Russian Nazis bayohlala njalo bebhalwe emabhukwini omlando njengabantu bangaphandle,” kusho uZelensky. 

I-Ukraine ibonakalise amandla empini yayo ne-Russia. Ukuzivikela kwabo kusekelwe abaningi okuhlanganisa neMelika ethembise u-R12.5-billion wezikhali e-Ukraine.

UMengameli uBiden uthe uzocela i-Congress yaseMelika imali eyengeziwe yokunikela futhi ithumele ezinye izikhali ezingu-144,000 nezinhlamvu kanye nama-drones ezinsukwini ezizayo.

“Isimo sibucayi njengamanje njengoba bezobeka inkundla yesigaba esilandelayo sale mpi,” kusho uBiden.

Uthe iMelika kanye nabalingani bayo basebenza ngokushesha ukuze banikeze i-Ukraine izinsiza ezidingekayo ukunqoba i-Russia.

Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezimbili zokuhlasela isibalo sokushona kwabantu e-Ukraine sibalelwa ku-2,345 okuyisibalo okulindeleke ukuthi sikhuphuke ekuhambeni kwesikhathi. 

Umthombo wesithombe: @TheNewYorkTimes

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