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Izwe laseMelika ngoLwesibili lithe aliyikhuthazi i-Ukraine ukuthi iqale iziteleka ngaphakathi eRussia, ngemuva kweziteleka eziningi zezindiza, okukholakala ukuthi zethulwe ngamasosha ase-Ukraine, zahlasela izikhumulo zezindiza zaseRussia.
“Asikhuthazi futhi asiyisizi i-Ukraine ukuthi iqale iziteleka eRussia,” kusho uNobhala Wezwe laseMelika u-Antony Blinken etshela izintatheli.
“Kodwa okufanele ukuqonde ukuthi abantu base-Ukraine baphila nsuku zonke nobudlova obuqhubekayo baseRussia,” esho, esola iMoscow “ngokusebenzisa izikhali ebusika” ngokuqhumisa ingqalasizinda yabantu base-Ukraine ngamabhomu.
“Esizimisele ngokukwenza wukuqinisekisa ukuthi basezandleni zabo — nabanye ozakwethu abaningi emhlabeni — izinto abazidingayo ukuze bazivikele, indawo yabo kanye nenkululeko yabo,” kwengeza uBlinken.
Okungenani iziteleka ezintathu zenziwa ezisekelweni zaseRussia ngoMsombuluko nangoLwesibili: esikhumulweni sezindiza i-Engels, esisingethe uxhaxha lwamabhomu amakhulu aseRussia; eRyazan, lapho kwabulawa khona izisebenzi ezintathu; nasedolobheni eliseningizimu yeKursk.
Ochwepheshe bakholelwa ukuthi i-Ukraine kungenzeka ukuthi yasebenzisa ama-drones enkathi yaseSoviet esikhundleni sama-drones anamuhla.
Ebuzwa phambilini mayelana nokusebenza, umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezwe uNed Price unqabile ukusho ukuthi iziteleka zakamuva ze-drone zibangelwa i-Kyiv, engazange ithi inecala.
“Sihlinzeka i-Ukraine ngalokho okudingeka bakusebenzise endaweni yabo — enhlabathini yase-Ukraine — ukuze ibhekane nomhlukumezi waseRussia,” kusho uPrice.
UMnyango Wezwe uphinde wenqabile ukuphawula ngemibiko yabezindaba yokuthi i-US iguqule i-Himars, izinhlelo zezikhali ezinamandla kakhulu neziyinkimbinkimbi ezihloselwe i-Ukraine, ukuze zivinjwe ukuthi zingasetshenziswa ukuhlasela iRussia.
UMengameli wase-US uJoe Biden usephumele obala wathi akayikhuthazi i-Ukraine ukuthi ithole imicibisholo ejikijelwa ibanga elide, esaba ukuthi kuzonyuka izinga elingase kuholele ekutheni i-US ibambe iqhaza eliqondile ngokumelene neRussia.
Isikhulu sePentagon uLloyd Austin, ekhuluma eceleni kukaBlinken ngemuva kwezingxoxo nabalingani babo base-Australia, wagcizelela nokho ukuthi i-US yayingavimbeli i-Ukraine ekuthuthukiseni imicibisholo yayo yebanga elide.
“Impendulo ithi cha. Impela asikwenzi lokho,” esho. “Asenzi lutho ukuvimbela i-Ukraine ekuthuthukiseni amakhono ayo.”
