Riaan I-UK ngoLwesibili ibheke ukuguqula isimangalo saseMoscow se-“Russianphobia” ekhanda lapho kwenzeka wasola i-Kremlin yokuba yingozi enkulu esikweni nasemphakathini waseRussia ngenxa yempi eqhubekayo e-Ukraine.
Emhlanganweni woMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN obizwe yiRussia ukuthi izokhuluma lokho okushiwo yi-“Russianphobia” evela emazweni aseNtshonalanga aphikisana nempi yawo e-Ukraine, uNgqongqoshe wase-UK u-Fergus Eckersley, uthe, “Asihlushwa yi-Russophobia.”
UMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN ubambe umhlangano eMiddle East ngoNovemba 2019 endlunkulu yeNhlangano Yezizwe. (Isithombe se-AP/Mary Altaffer)
“I-Russophobia ingolunye lohlu olukhula njalo lwezaba uhulumeni waseRussia aqhamuke nazo ukuze athethelele impi yakhe e-Ukraine,” esho, enikeza ingxenye yekheli lakhe ngesiRashiya ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi abantu baseRussia abalalelayo bayamqonda ngokugcwele.
“Uhulumeni waseRussia angase akholelwe ukuthi le nkulumo-ze izosiza ukuthethelela ekhaya izimpilo zamashumi ezinkulungwane zamasosha aseRussia ahlatshelwe.
“Bakwethu, iRussia ayihlaselwa. Munye kuphela umhlukumezi lapha.”
Amalungu omkhandlu asecele kaningi iMoscow ukuthi ihoxise amabutho ayo kulo lonke elase-Ukraine, okuhlanganisa nezifunda okuthiwa zizithathile.
Embukisweni ohlukile wokuphikisa izimangalo zaseRussia zokucindezelwa yizizwe zaseNtshonalanga, i-UK imeme uSolwazi Wezomlando Wenyuvesi Yale uTimothy Snyder ukuthi azokwazisa umkhandlu.
Umuntu ohamba ngezinyawo udlula umbukiso wezithombe ovulekile othi “Izingane ZaseDonbass” ngaphandle kwe-Estonian Consulate e-Moscow Jan. 23, 2023. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)
“Ukulimaza isiko laseRussia ngokuyinhloko kuyindaba yenqubomgomo yaseRussia,” kusho uSnyder. “IsiRashiya impi yobudlova e-Ukraine ibulale abantu abaningi abakhuluma isiRashiya kunanoma yisiphi esinye isenzo kuze kube manje.
“Akukho ukuqhathanisa,” engeza. “Ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine sekuholele ekubulaweni kwabantu abaningi baseRussia. Ezibalelwa ku-200 000 zishonile noma bezigogekile.”
Izikhulu zaseRussia ziye zasho kaningi ukuthi amazwe aseNtshonalanga asiza i-Ukraine ngaphandle kokulahlwa kweRussia kanye nabantu bakhona, kunokuba kube yimpendulo ekuhlaseleni kwayo umakhelwane wayo oseningizimu-ntshonalanga esikhathini esingangonyaka esidlule.
U-Vassily Nebenzia, ummeleli unomphela we-Russian Federation of the United Nations, ukhuluma nomhlangano woMkhandlu Wezokuphepha WeZizwe Ezihlangene mayelana nokugcinwa kokuthula nokuvikeleka kwe-Ukraine endlunkulu ye-UN e-New York City ngomhla ka-24 Feb. 2023. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)
CHOFOZA LAPHA UKUZE ULANDE UHLELO LOKUSEBENZA LEZINDABA ZEMpungushe
Omele i-UN eMoscow, uVassily Nebenzia, uphinde wagcizelela lokhu kulandisa ngoLwesibili ephendula ukuphawula kusukela e-UK futhi isikhulumi sezivakashi.
UNebenzia uphinde waphindaphinda izinsolo ezingamanga zokuthi iKyiv iphethwe “ngamaNazi” waphakamisa ukuthi iRussia ibingabhekile ukuhlanganisa i-Ukraine neRussia yize isivele isidle izifunda zayo ezinhlanu, kunalokho ifuna ukuxosha ubuholi bayo.
