IRussia ithi iyaqhubeka nokulidla ngamasosha elase-Ukraine
IRussia ithe ngeSonto amasosha ayo athathe izintambo esifundeni sase-Ukraine esisempumalanga yeLuhansk ngemuva kokuthumba i-Ukraine yokugcina eLysychansk ezimpini ezinzima, nakuba i-Ukraine ingazange ikuqinisekise lokho.
Ukulawula iLuhansk, okuhloswe ngayo impi eyinhloko yaseRussia, kuzoza ngemva kokuthuthuka kancane kwamasonto ambalwa, kunikeze iMoscow impumelelo elinganiselwe kwezombusazwe futhi kuguqule inkundla yempi igxile esifundeni esingumakhelwane saseDonetsk, lapho i-Ukraine isalawula indawo enkulu.
Ixoshwa enhlokodolobha yase-Ukraine iKyiv kulandela ukuhlasela kwayo ngoNhlolanja zingama-24, iRussia igxile emkhankasweni wayo wezempi eDonbas, okuhlanganisa iLuhansk neDonetsk. Abamele abahlukanisi abasekelwa yiMoscow bebelokhu belwa lapho selokhu kwangenela amasosha aseRussia okokuqala e-Ukraine ngowezi-2014.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseRussia uSergei Shoigu utshele uMengameli uVladimir Putin ukuthi uLuhansk “ukhululiwe”, kusho uMnyango Wezokuvikela, ngemuva kokuthi iRussia phambilini ithe amasosha ayo athumba amadolobhana aseLysychansk azungeza idolobha. UNgqongqoshe uthe amasosha aseRussia nabalingani bawo endaweni “bathole ukulawula okuphelele kwedolobha laseLysychansk”.
UYuriy Sak, umeluleki kaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela e-Ukraine, utshele abeReuters ngocingo ukuthi “akakwazi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iLysychansk ingaphansi kolawulo lwaseRussia olugcwele”. Inkonzo yabezindaba yoMnyango Wezokuvikela e-Ukraine ayizange iphendule esicelweni sokuphawula.
Izikhulu zase-Ukraine, ezithi izinkomba “zokukhululwa” kwendawo yase-Ukraine ziyinkulumoze yempi yaseRussia, zibike ukuthi kunezikhali ezinkulu ezindaweni zokuhlala. “Kungenzeka ukuthi amasosha ase-Ukraine ahoxise ngamabomu eLysychansk, okwaholela ekushaqweni kwedolobha laseRussia ngoJulayi 2,” abahlaziyi be-Institute for the Study of War, ithangi elizinze eWashington, babhale ephepheni likafushane.
Basuse ukuhlaziya kwabo ezithombeni ezikhombisa amabutho aseRussia ehamba ngokukhululeka ezindaweni ezisenyakatho nasempumalanga yeLysychansk, bethi baphakamisa ukuthi amasosha ase-Ukraine ambalwa noma awekho. Ithe le vidiyo ihlanganisa nezithombe ezifakwe ezinkundleni zokuxhumana kanye ne-geolocated ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iqoshwe kuphi.
ENtshonalanga yeLysychansk, idolobha lase-Ukraine iSloviansk lihlaselwe ngamabhomu anamandla abeqhunyiswa amarokhethi amaningi ngeSonto kwashona abantu abaningi balimala, kusho imeya yedolobha uVadim Lyakh.