Riaan Njengesikhumbuzo sonyaka owodwa we- Ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine isondele, abalingani be-NATO baphinde bathembisa kuleli sonto ukuthi bazothumela izinhlelo eziningi zokuvikela, izinhlamvu, izikhali namathangi emzamweni wokunqoba iRussia, kodwa esinye isikhulu esiphezulu sezokuvikela sathi ukunqoba kwe-Ukraine kuzodinga okungaphezu kokuphepha emngceleni.
U-Kyiv uthe unethemba lokuthi uzonqoba uMengameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin ekupheleni kuka-2023, okusho ukuthi kuzophuma wonke amasosha aseRussia endaweni yayo, okuhlanganisa neCrimea, nokuhlomisa ukuzivikela ngekusasa.
“Ukunqoba kwethu kuzosho ukuthi ngeke nje sikhiphe isitha futhi sibuyisele ubukhosi bethu bendawo,” kusho u-Yuriy Sak, umeluleki ophakeme kangqongqoshe wezokuvikela e-Ukraine, etshela iFox News Digital. “Ukunqoba kuzophinde kusho ukusungula i-Ukraine ezokwenza udlame olunjalo lungenzeki esikhathini esizayo.”
Amasosha ase-Ukraine alungisa ifulegi lezwe phezu kwesiphathi sezisebenzi esihlomile emgwaqeni eduze kwase-Lyman, esifundeni sase-Donetsk ngo-Oct. 4, 2022. (U-Anatolii Stepanov/AFP nge-Getty Images)
UNOBHALA WEZOKUVIKELA U-AUSTIN UTHI SINGENA EZIMBIKISWENI UMA I-RUSSIA IHLASELELA I-ESTONIA
I-Ukraine isivele ibone ukunqoba ezingxenyeni zempumalanga yayo ngemuva kokuphusha ngempumelelo amasosha aseRussia esifundeni saseKharkiv ngoSepthemba, yalimaza ibhuloho likaPutin eCrimea ngo-Okthoba, yaphoqelela amasosha aseRussia ukuwela uMfula iDnieper ngoNovemba ngesikhathi iphinde yathumba idolobha laseKherson.
Kodwa i-Ukraine manje ibhekene nethemba lokugcina amasosha aseRussia hhayi nje kuphela kulezi zindawo, kodwa izifunda ezingakakhululi.
USak uthe okuwukuphela kwendlela yokuqinisekisa ukuvikeleka okwanele emngceleni ukuguqula amabutho ase-Ukraine ukuze abambelele ezingeni elifanayo nelamasosha aseNtshonalanga – okuyinto amasosha ayo asesebenza phezu kwayo njengoba eqeqeshwa amasosha ase-US kanye ne-NATO.
Kodwa okubaluleke nakakhulu ekuvikelekeni kwesikhathi eside kwe-Ukraine yikhono layo lokuba nakho ukwesekwa okuphelele kwabalingani bayo baseNtshonalanga, wachaza umeluleki wezokuvikela – umnyakazo uPutin osekunesikhathi eside ewubheka njengosongo lwakhe olukhulu.
Amasosha asolwandle ase-Ukraine alungiselela ukuzilolonga kwezempi kwamazwe amabili ne-United States ngoSepthemba 16, 2014, eduze kwase-Yavorov, e-Ukraine. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
“I-Ukraine idinga ukuba yilungu le-NATO,” kusho uSak. “De facto sesivele siyilungu le-NATO alliance ngoba silwela ukuvimba isitha ukuthi singadluleli emazweni e-NATO. Sisebenzisa izinhlelo zezikhali esihlinzekwa ngazo ngamalungu e-NATO.”
Umeluleki wezokuvikela uthe ngisho nangemva kokuba amabutho aseRussia esekhishiwe kuzothatha isikhathi ukwakha kabusha i-Ukraine, ikakhulukazi izifunda zaseLuhansk, Dontesk, Zaporizhzhia naseKherson ezihlaselwe kakhulu yimpi.
I-Ukraine idinga ukuzimela ngokwezempi, wengeza.
“Kuzofanele sakhe futhi sithuthukise kakhulu imboni yethu yezokuvikela ukuze singanciki ekusekelweni kwezempi kozakwethu,” kusho uSak.
Umeluleki uthe amafekthri ezikhali nezindawo zokunakekela ziyizimfuneko eziyisisekelo zokufeza lolu hlelo futhi waveza iqiniso lokuthi lapho impahla yezempi ilinyazwa phakathi nempi ngokuvamile kufanele ithunyelwe emazweni afana nePoland ukuze ilungiswe.
Amasosha ase-Ukraine ahlala phezu kwezinkampani ezithwala izikhali eduze nedolobha elisempumalanga ye-Ukraine iSlavyansk ngoJulayi 11, 2014. (I-Genya Savilov/AFP nge-Getty Images)
UPutin wethule ukuhlasela kwakhe ngesimangalo sokuthi i-Ukraine ibeka usongo olukhona ngokuzama ukujoyina i-NATO.
Ezingxoxweni zokuthula zakuqala phakathi kweMoscow neKyiv, I-Russia yafuna ukuthi i-Ukraine izibophezele ukuthi ngeke ilujoyine umfelandawonye. U-Kyiv ubonakale ebheka lesi sidingo kuze kube izingxoxo ziyawa.
NgoSepthemba, i-Kyiv yayisiqhubekele phambili ekufuneni kwayo ubulungu.
I-NATO iphinde yenqaba izimfuno zeRussia zokuthi ivimbe indlela kaKyiv yokujoyina umfelandawonye wezempi kanye neNhloko ye-NATO uJens Stoltenberg wasola uPutin ngonyaka odlule ngokwesaba “intando yeningi nenkululeko.”
CHOFOZA LAPHA UKUZE UTHOLA UHLELO LOKUSEBENZA IZINDABA
I-Ukraine imile kwelokuthi akukhona nje ezithakazelweni zayo ukuthi iKyiv iwine impi ebhekene neRussia, kodwa imile kwelokuthi ilwela ukuphepha kweYurophu nokuhleleka komhlaba.
“Sonke kufanele siqinise imizamo yethu futhi sishintshele egiyeni eliphezulu ukuze singavumeli le mpi ukuthi ibe yimpi ethatha isikhathi eside – ayifuneki muntu,” kusho uSak. “Akukhona nge-Ukraine kuphela. Imayelana nokuzinza kwe-Europe nomhlaba.”
