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UMengameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelenskyy ngeSonto uthe amasosha akhe ayesempini “ebuhlungu nenzima” esifundeni esisempumalanga yeDonbas futhi ubhekise emzabalazweni edolobheni elihlaselwe yimpi iBakhmut.
“Ngithanda ukukhokha ngokukhethekile isibindi, amandla kanye nokuqina kwamasosha alwa eDonbas,” kusho uZelenskyy enkulumweni yakhe eseduze.
“Ngiyabonga, bafo! Ngibonga wonke amasosha, abaqaphi kanye nonogada basemngceleni abavikela izwe lethu eziqondisweni zeBakhmut, Vuhledar, Avdiivka, Siversk, Svatove, Lyman neZaporizhzhia” wanezela.
Kubikwe ukuthi kubulawe izakhamuzi ezimbili eBakhmut ngeSonto, kanti umbusi waseKharkiv, u-Oleh Syniehubov, uthe ukudubula kweRussia kucekele phansi imizi kwabulala umuntu oyedwa enyakatho yedolobha laseKupiansk.
I-Institute for the Study of War, ithangi lokucabanga elizinze eWashington, ithe amasosha ase-Ukraine angase ahoxe okulinganiselwe futhi okulawulwayo “ezingxenyeni ezinzima kakhulu zasempumalanga ye-Bakhmut,” ngenkathi efuna ukuvimbela ukunyakaza kweRussia lapho futhi anciphise imizila ephumayo entshonalanga.
Uphiko lwezobunhloli lwamasosha aseBrithani luthe i-Kyiv manje isithumele amasosha esifundeni ngenkathi amasosha aseRussia eqhubekela phambili ezindaweni ezisenyakatho yedolobha.
Ukubamba i-Bakhmut ngeke nje kunikeze izimpi zaseRussia inzuzo eyivelakancane yenkundla yempi ngemva kwezinyanga zokuthikamezeka kodwa kungase kuphule imigqa yokuphakela yase-Ukraine futhi kuvumele amabutho e-Kremlin ukuthi aqhubekele phambili ebheke kwezinye izinqaba zase-Ukraine esifundazweni sase-Donetsk.
