Riaan UMongameli Biden ungene ngesinyenyela e-Kyiv ngoMsombuluko lapho evakashele khona okuyingqophamlando ekhombisa ubumbano lwase-US ne-Ukraine ekhungethwe yimpi, wathembisa olunye usizo lwezempi futhi wamemezela umholi waseRussia uVladimir Putin ngokuthi “ufile iphutha” ngokubukela phansi ukwesekwa nokuzimisela kwaseNtshonalanga.
Ukuvakasha kukaBiden okungalindelekile, okokuqala njengomongameli, kuza ezinsukwini ezine ngaphambi komhlangano isikhumbuzo sokuqala sokuhlasela kweMoscow yomakhelwane wayo, ecekele phansi izingxenye ze-Ukraine kodwa yadonsa kanzima futhi yakhuthaza amazwe aseNtshonalanga ukuthi athulule usizo. Esikhumbuzweni ngobungozi balolu hambo, kukhala imisindo yokuhlasela emoyeni eKyiv, inhloko-dolobha, ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kukaBiden.
Evela kanye noMongameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelensky esigodlweni sikamongameli esinezivikelo eziqinile, uBiden uthe ukuqina kwe-Ukraine ngonyaka owedlule bekumangalisa futhi “umhlaba wonke uyakubona.” I-US, uthe, izokweseka i-Kyiv “inqobo nje uma kuthatha” ukuxosha ukuhlasela kweRussia, okwaqala ngoFebhuwari 24, 2022.
“Ngalobo busuku obumnyama onyakeni odlule, umhlaba wawungokoqobo ukulwela ukuwa kweKyiv mhlawumbe nokuphela kwe-Ukraine, ”kusho uBiden, egqoke isudi nothayi oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nophuzi – imibala yefulegi lase-Ukraine. Ngemva konyaka, iKyiv imile, i-Ukraine imile. Intando yeningi imile. … Umhlaba umi nawe.”
UMongameli Biden uhlangana noMongameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelensky ngaphakathi kwesigodlo sikamongameli wase-Ukraine eKyiv.
(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
Ubalule ukuthi useke wavakashela e-Ukraine izikhathi eziyisithupha njengephini likamongameli ngesikhathi sokuphatha kuka-Obama. “UKyiv uthathe ingxenye yenhliziyo yami,” kusho uBiden.
UZelensky, egqoke ihembe lakhe elimnyama, ibhulukwe elikhaki namabhuzu, wamukele umongameli wase-US, ebiza ukuvakasha ngokuthi “udumo olukhulu” futhi wambonga ngobuholi bakhe ukuhlanganisa umfelandawonye waseNtshonalanga esekela i-Ukraine.
Esitatimendeni esikhishwe yi-White House ngemuva kokufika kwakhe, uBiden uthe i-US izoletha enye imishini ebalulekile e-Ukraine, okuhlanganisa nezinhlamvu zezibhamu, amasistimu okulwa nezikhali kanye nama-radar okuqapha emoyeni.
“Ngesikhathi uPutin eqala ukuhlasela kwakhe cishe unyaka owodwa edlule, wayecabanga ukuthi i-Ukraine ibuthaka futhi INtshonalanga yahlukaniswa. Wayecabanga ukuthi angasidlula. Kepha ubenephutha,” kusho uBiden esitatimendeni.
UBiden uhlelelwe ukuthi afike eWarsaw ngoLwesibili ukuzophawula isikhumbuzo sokuhlasela, ahlangane nabalingani futhi ethule inkulumo enkulu ngemizamo eqhubekayo yaseNtshonalanga yokusiza iKyiv ukuthi ivikele amabutho aseMoscow. Kodwa bekunamahemuhemu okuthi angase ame engamenyezelwanga e-Ukraine.
Izinkomba ezibambekayo zokuba khona kukaBiden zifike ngoMsombuluko ekuseni enkabeni yeKyiv ebandayo nenelanga, lapho imigwaqo emikhulu eminingi ibivinjwe yizivimbi zamaphoyisa kanye namaphoyisa agqoke izingubo ezimnyama egqoke amavesti angangenwa izinhlamvu ejikisa abantu abebedlula. Njengoba igama lisakazeka ngokuvakasha okungenzeka kwezinga eliphezulu e-US, abantu babuthana eduze kwemigoqo, bebuzana ukuthi: “Biden?”
Ukuqagela kwabo kwaqinisekiswa ngesikhathi uBiden, egqoke izibuko zezindiza, ebonakala ehamba eduze noZelensky eduze kodonga lwesikhumbuzo olunezithombe zika amasosha ase-Ukraine awile.
Ababebukele bamangala kodwa bejabule kakhulu.
“Uyiqhawe! Kuyingozi impela, awuvumi?” kusho uGalyna Reshetnyk, 40, ozwe ngokuba khona kukaBiden ngesikhathi ephuma esitimeleni esingaphansi kwamabhulokhi ambalwa lapho yena noZelensky babehamba khona isikhashana. “Futhi lesi sexwayiso somoya – impilo lapha inzima, futhi uzozibonela lokho.”
Isiphithiphithi esisedolobheni laseKyiv sigxile esigodlweni sezindela saseSt. Michael esiyingqopha-mlando, esinikezelwe ingelosi enkulu uMichael. Izinyanga, i-plaza ebanzi ephambi kwesakhiwo esine-golden-domed complex iqukethe umbukiso we agqwalile, amathangi aseRussia acekeleke phansi kanye nezimoto ezihlomile, okukhangayo okudumile enhlokodolobha yesikhathi sempi. Indawo ezungeze iNxusa LaseMelika nayo yayivaliwe.
UMengameli uBiden kanye noMengameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelensky ngaphandle kwesonto lesonto elibuswe ngegolide lesigodlo sezindela sase-St. Michael edolobheni lase-Kyiv, e-Ukraine, ngoMsombuluko.
(Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
Uhambo lukaBiden olugubuzelwe ngasese luza ngemuva kokuthi izinhloko zamanye amazwe e-NATO, okuhlanganisa nabaholi baseBrithani, iFrance neJalimane, benakho konke. bazenzela owabo uhambo lokuya eKyiv ukuveza ukweseka kwabo umzamo wokuxosha ukuhlasela kweRussia. Kepha ukuvakasha kukaBiden kuwuphawu oluqine kakhulu okwamanje lobumbano lwaseNtshonalanga ne-Ukraine, futhi kuza njengoba uZelensky ebopha izwe lakhe ukuze kuliwe impi enzima ezayo.
UZelensky ubelokhu engantengantengi ekufuneni kwakhe izikhali ezengeziwe kubaxhasi base-Ukraine ukuzama ukuguqula isimo sempi. Uphumelele ekutholeni izithembiso zamathangi, ake athathwa njengokungahambeki ngabantu abathandwayo baseJalimane, futhi manje ucindezela izindiza zempi ze-F-16 nezinye izinhlelo zezikhali ezithuthukisiwe ukulungiselela ukuhlasela okulindelekile kwaseRussia entwasahlobo. Abaphathi beBiden kuze kube manje benqabile ukuthumela izindiza zempi ezidinga ukuqeqeshwa okuyinkimbinkimbi, kepha izikhulu zeWhite House azikakuhoxisi lokho.
I-Ukraine ifuna uhlobo lwezikhali ezinzima ezingavumela ukuthi iqalise ukuhlasela kwentwasahlobo kanye thola umfutho enkundleni yempi owawudingeka kakhulu.
Thola izindaba ezisematheni, uphenyo, ukuhlaziya nokwengeziwe kobuntatheli obusayiniwe e-Los Angeles Times ebhokisini lakho lokungenayo.
Ngezinye izikhathi ungase uthole okuqukethwe kokuphromotha okuvela e-Los Angeles Times.
Ukuvakasha kukaBiden endaweni yempi esebenzayo bekumelele isenzo sesibindi sokwesekwa ngesikhathi lapho ukusekelwa komphakathi wase-US ngezigidigidi zamadola osizo lwezempi kusalokhu kuqinile kodwa sekunciphile ngandlela thile kusukela ezinyangeni zokuqala zempi. Amanye amaRepublican akude kwesokudla afune ukuncishiswa kosizo.
A Okwamanje kusakhona ukulwa okunegazi emigqeni ephambili empumalanga ye-Ukraine, amakhulu amakhilomitha ukusuka e-Kyiv. Amasosha aseRussia abezama ukuhlasela eduze kwaseBakhmut kodwa awakwazanga ukulithatha leli dolobha – umklomelo abaningi abebecabanga ukuthi uPutin uzozama ukuwukhipha kusenesikhathi ngesikhathi sokugubha usuku lwangoLwesihlanu.
Abaningi base-Ukraine basemaphethelweni, balindele ukuthi kungenzeka kube nokuhlasela okukhulu emoyeni eKyiv. Amasosha aseMoscow sekuphele izinyanga ebheke emadolobheni ase-Ukraine nasezindaweni ezihlosiwe zengqalasizinda ngamarokhethi, ama-drones nemicibisholo, nakuba ukuhlasela kwakamuva okunjalo eKyiv bekungaphezu kwesonto eledlule.
Kusukela ngo-Okthoba, iRussia seyethule amagagasi angaphezu kweshumi nambili eziteleka okuhloswe ngazo ikhubaza igridi yamandla yase-Ukraine lapho kuqala ubusika, kodwa enhloko-dolobha, okungenani, lowo mzamo ubonakala ufiphele kakhulu, nokunqamuka kuba yivelakancane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ubusika buye baba mnene, bukhungathekisa umzamo we-Kremlin wokwehlisa umoya ngokushiya abantu base-Ukraine emakhazeni nasebumnyameni.
U-King ubike evela e-Kyiv naseSubramanian evela eLondon.
