EzikaZelensky zivuselele umkhankaso wazo
Amasosha ase-Ukraine aqhubekile nomkhankaso wawo wokubuyisa izindawo eziphethwe yiRussia eningizimu-mpumalanga njengoba uMongameli uVolodymyr Zelenskyy ekuvezile lokhu emisakazweni ethi amasosha ezwe lakhe “athathe igxathu” ngemuva kokuhamba kancane komkhankaso kwaphambilini.
Abase Russia bona bathi impi enzima ihlasele izindawo ezingaphandle kwedolobha elisempumalanga i-Bakhmut, elathunjwa ngamasosha aseRussia uWagner ngoNhlaba ngemuva kwezinyanga zezimpi. Umholi waseChechen, uRamzan Kadyrov, uthe elinye lamayunithi akhe litshalwe endaweni.
Ihlome ngezikhali zaseNtshonalanga eziya ngokuya ziba yinkimbinkimbi ngemva kwezinsuku ezingaphezu kwezingama-500 zempi, i-Ukraine yethule umkhankaso olindelwe wokumelana nokuhlasela okugxile ekubambeni iqoqo lamadolobhana aseningizimu-ntshonalanga. Amabutho ayo nawo abezama ukuphinda athathe izindawo ezizungeze iBakhmut.
IPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela e-Ukraine, uHanna Maliar, ebhala enkundleni yezokuxhumana u-Telegram, uthe kuqubuke impi enzima ezindaweni ezimbili eziseningizimu-mpumalanga. “Sihlanganisa izinzuzo zethu kulezo zindawo,” ebhala. Amasosha aseRussia, uthe, abevikela iBakhmut, kanti amasosha ase-Ukraine ayebhalise “intuthuko ethile” ohlangothini oluseningizimu yedolobha.
Azikho izinguquko enyakatho yeBakhmut, futhi amabutho ase-Ukraine ahlala ebambene ngezihluthu entshonalanga yeBakhmut naseLyman, enyakatho yeDonetsk esifundeni.
UZelenskyy kwaxoxwa naye esiteshini sethelevishini saseMelika i-ABC ngaphambi kwengqungquthela ye-NATO yaleli sonto eLithuania, lapho iKyiv inethemba lokuthola izinkomba eziqinile mayelana nobulungu besikhathi esizayo kumfelandawonye wezokuvikela waseNtshonalanga kanye neziqinisekiso zokuphepha kwayo. UZelenskyy uvumile ukuthi intuthuko yayihamba kancane kunalokho ayekufuna nojenene bakhe, kodwa wathi amasosha ase-Ukraine abambe igxathu.
“Sonke, sifuna ukukwenza ngokushesha ngoba ukuqhubeka kwezinsuku kusho ukulahlekelwa okusha kwabantu base-Ukraine. Siyathuthuka. Asibambekile,” esho, ephawula ukuthi amasosha anqobe “uhlobo lokuma” ezinyangeni ezedlule. “Sonke singathanda ukubona ukuhlasela kufezwa ngesikhathi esifushane. Kodwa likhona iqiniso. Namuhla, isinyathelo sisohlangothini lwethu.”
Ukunakwa okuningi ezinsukwini zakamuva kugxile edolobhaneni laseKlishchiivka, elilele ezindaweni eziphakeme eningizimu yeBakhmut. Umholi waseChechen uKadyrov, ebhala kuTelegram, uthe iyunithi yakhe “ye-Akhmat” “isemkhakheni onzima we-Bakhmut”. Ufake i-video yomphathi phezu kwemoto yezikhali eduze kwaseKlishchiivka.
Imibiko yaseRussia ezinsukwini zamuva yayiphakamise ukuthi uKadyrov, ibutho lakhe elasebenze kusukela ekuqaleni kokuhlasela kweRussia, wayegula noma elimele noma “eholidini”. AbakwaReuters abakwazanga ukuqinisekisa ngokuzimela imibiko ngo-Kadyrov noma imibiko yenkundla yempi.
UMnyango Wezokuvikela waseRussia uthe amabutho awo anqobe ukuhlasela kwase-Ukraine eduze kwaseBakhmut, njengoba ukulwa kwenziwe kwaba nzima “…hhayi nje kuphela ngamandla omlilo nempi yansuku zonke, kodwa nangenxa yezindawo. Ulayini wokuxhumana kwamabutho ezinhlangothi zombili uhamba phakathi kwamagquma amabili.”
Umhlaziyi wezempi wase-Ukraine uDenys Popovych uthe amasosha ase-Ukraine athathe “izindawo ezibalulekile eduze kwaseKlishchiivka. “Lokhu kuzovumela ukulawulwa kwezikhali zeKlishchiivka uqobo kanye nezingxenye ze-Bakhmut nemizila yokuhlinzeka,” etshela i-NV Radio yase-Ukraine. “Njengoba nje amabutho e-Wagner ezungeza idolobha, nathi sizokwenza kanjalo.”
