
Dylan Bettencourt
UMengameli wase-Russia uVladmir Putin ujube amasosha akhethekile ukuthi ayohlasela i-Ukraine, okuyisenzo esiqubula uvalo ngokuthi kungase kubheduke impi yomhlaba yesithathu.
Ngemuva kwenkulumo emfishane kaPutin, kuzwakale ukuqhuma okukhulu enkabeni yedolobha yase-Ukraine, i-Kiev, obekubonisa ukuzimisela kwe-Russia nokubhedla lempi, abaningi abesaba ukuthi ingase isuse impi enkulu e-Europe.
Ngesikhathi esabisa amazwe awumfelandawonye ase-Europe, i-North Antlatic Treaty Organasation (Nato), uPutin uthe: “Kunoma ngubani ocabanga ukugxambukela wangaphandle, uma wenza njalo, uzobhekana nomphumela onzima osake wawubona emlandweni kanto futhi isinqumo sesithathiwe. Ngiyethemba niyangizwa”.
Amadolobha amaningi aseduze kwe-Ukraine ezwe ukuqhuma okukhulu njengoba ukuhlasela kwe-Russia ezindaweni eziseMpumalanga yezwe kuqhubeka.
UNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle e-Ukraine uDmytro Kuleba uthe: “ I-Ukraine ibhekene nokuhlaselwa okukhulu wengeza ngokuthi umhlaba kumele uthathe isinyathelo ngokukhulu ukuphuthuma.”
UMnyango Wezangaphakathi e-Ukraine ubike ukuthi bahlaselwa ngemicibisholo ekhafula umlilo.
Okokuqala ngqa kusukela ngo-1941, kuzwakale ukukhala komsindo obika ukuhlaselwa ngezindiza phezu kwenkaba yedolobha yase-Kharkiv.
Izikhulu zase-Ukraine ziqinisekise ngoLwesine ekuseni, ngemuva kwamahora ambalwa kuqale ukuhlasela ukuthi amakhulu amasosha azo kungenzeka ukuthi abulewe.
Amasosha ase-Ukraine nawo akuqinisekisile ngehora lesishiyagalombili ekuseni ukuthi adubule izindiza zempi ezinhlanu zase-Russia kanye nendiza enophephela emhlane.
UMengameli waseMelika uJoe Biden uthe: “I-Ukraine isekelwa umhlaba wonke kulesi sikhathi sokuhlaselwa i-Russia okukhombisa uchuku nendelelo.
“I-Russia izobhekana namacala obugebengu obubhekiswe ebantwini,” kusho uBiden, wasabisa ngokuthi iMelika
namadlelandawonye wayo azophindisela.
Ngenxa yalokhu kuhlasela, imali yaseRussia yehle yafika ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu kusukela ngonyaka ka-2016, kanti amazwe amaningi azolinswiya lelizwe.
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