Kwesatshelwa ukuthi eyeRussia ne-Ukraine ingadonsa iminyaka
Impi yase-Ukraine ingase iqhubeke iminyaka, kusho inhloko yeNATO ngeSonto, icela ukwesekwa okuqinile kwabalingani base-Ukraine njengoba amabutho aseRussia elwela indawo esempumalanga yezwe. UNobhala Jikelele uJens Stoltenberg uthe ukunikeza amasosha ase-Ukraine izikhali zesimanje kuzokhuphula ithuba lokukhulula isifunda iDonbas esisempumalanga ngaphansi kokulawulwa yiRussia, kubika iphephandaba laseGermany iBild am Sonntag.
Ngemva kokwehluleka ukuthatha inhlokodolobha iKyiv ekuqaleni kwempi, amabutho aseRussia agxile emizamweni yokuzama ukulawula ngokuphelele iDonbas, izingxenye zayo ezazivele zibanjwe abahlukanisi abasekelwa yiRussia ngaphambi kokuhlasela kwangoNhlolanja. “Kumele silungiselele ukuthi kungathatha iminyaka. Akumele siyeke ukweseka i-Ukraine,” kucashunwa uStoltenberg. “Ngisho noma izindleko ziphezulu, hhayi nje ukwesekwa amasosha, nangenxa yokukhuphuka kwentengo yamandla nokudla.”
UNdunankulu waseBritain uBoris Johnson, ovakashele eKyiv ngoLwesihlanu lapho ezoqeqeshelwa khona amasosha ase-Ukraine, uphinde wathi ngoMgqibelo kubalulekile ukuthi iBrithani inikeze ukwesekwa kwalolu hlelo olude, exwayisa ngengozi “yokukhathala kwe-Ukraine” njengoba impi iqhubeka. Engxenyeni yemibono yephephandaba laseLondon iSunday Times, uJohnson uthe lokhu kusho ukuqinisekisa ukuthi “i-Ukraine ithola izikhali, izinto zokusebenza, izinhlamvu nokuqeqeshwa ngokushesha kunomhlaseli”.
UMengameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelenskiy, osehlanganise izakhamizi ngemiyalezo eqoshwa nsuku zonke, uthe uvakashele amasosha esifundeni esiseningizimu yeMykolaiv, cishe amakhilomitha angama-550 eningizimu yeKyiv. “Imizwa yabo iqinisekile: bonke abakungabazi ukunqoba kwethu,” esho kuvidiyo ngeSonto ebonakala sengathi iqoshwe esitimeleni esihambayo. “Iningizimu ngeke siyinike muntu, futhi konke okungokwethu sizokubuyisela emuva.”
Ezifundeni zaseMykolaiv nase-Odesa, uZelenskiy uthe uzwile ngemibiko yokucekelwa phansi kweziteleka zaseRussia. “Kukhulu ukulahlekelwa. Izindlu eziningi zibhidlikile; kuphazamisekile ukusebenza kwezakhamuzi,” usho kanje.