Arthur Greene
Kungase kube khona ukuthula phakathi kwe-Ukraine ne-Russia njengoba lamazwe ezama izinhlelo zokudala uxolo.
UNgqongqoshe weZangaphandle wase-Russia uSergei Lavrov uthe engxoxweni nabezindaba ngoLwesithathu amazwe womabili enza isisekelo esibalulekile esivumelwaneni sokuthula.
Lesi sivumelwano esikhishwe ngoMsombuluko kuhlangene labo abamele la mazwe womabili, sizobandakanya i-Ukraine imemezela ukungathathi hlangothi.
“Isimo sokungathathi hlangothi simayelana neziqinisekiso zokuphepha,” uLavrov etshela isiteshi sase-Russia i-RBK TV.
“Kunemithetho eqinile engicabanga ukuthi sekuseduze ukuthi kuvunyelwane ngayo.”
I-Ukraine kumele futhi inciphise kakhulu amabutho ayo ahlomile futhi izibophezele ukuthi ngeke ijoyine inhlangano i-North Atlantic Treaty, kusho laba abathathu ababambe iqhaza ezingxoxweni betshela i-Financial Times.
Imithombo evela ezinhlangothini zombili zezingxoxo itshele leli phephandaba ukuthi inqubekelaphambili isiyenziwe, kodwa izingxoxo zase-Ukraine ziyangabaza ukuthi uMengameli wase-Russia uVladimir Putin angethenjwa yini ukuzibophezela ekwakheni ukuthula.
Ngempela naphezu kwezingxoxo zentuthuko ezenziwayo, i-Russia isaqhubeka nokuqinisa ukuhlasela kwayo okunonya komakhelwane bayo.
Futhi ngoLwesithathu uPutin ngokwakhe uphinde wagcizelela ukuzibophezela kwakhe ekufezeni zonke izinhloso zezempi zase-Russia e-Ukraine.
Ngalobo busuku kuvele imibiko yokuthi amasosha ase-Russia aqhumise ngebhomu indawo yeshashalazi edolobheni elivinjezelwe i-Mariupol ebelikhoselise inqwaba yabantu.
Baphakathi kwabantu abangu-1,000 noma abangu-1,200 okungenzeka ukuthi bebengaphakathi kwesakhiwo, kusho iphini leMeya yedolobha litshela i-BBC.
Kubukeka sengathi ukuzama ukubalekela idolobha akuwona umbono ophusile nophephile, njengoba kuvele imibiko yokuthi izakhamuzi ezibalekela idolobha nazo bezihlaselwa i-Russia.
Lokhu kuhlasela, okucatshangwa ukuthi kubulala kakhulu kuze kube manje selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela, kwenzeke ngemuva kwehora nje iNkantolo Yobulungiswa Yamazwe Ngamazwe imemezele ukuthi lokhu kuhlasela akukho emthethweni futhi yayala i-Russia ukuba ikhiphe amabutho ayo e-Ukraine.