Riaan Izitolo zigcwele futhi. Izimbobo zezinhlamvu sezinamekwe, kwalungiswa nemibhede yomgwaqo edatshulwe izitebhisi zamathangi. Abafileyo manje baphumule emathuneni agcinwe ngothando.
Kodwa ngemva konyaka le ndawo eyake yaba yi-bucolic yaseKyiv yaba igama elithi watchword unya olunyantisayo lwangesikhathi sempiizibazi zisekhona, futhi indlela yokufinyelela noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuziphendulela, ngisho neminyaka kusukela manje, isagcwele izithiyo.
Ngenkathi ingaphansi komsebenzi waseRussia e- izinsuku zokuqala zempiidolobha laseBucha laliyindawo yalokho amaqembu nabacwaningi bamalungelo abakuchaza njengomkhankaso ohleliwe wokubulala nokuhlukunyezwa kwezakhamuzi zase-Ukraine.
Njengamadwala ajijekile adalulwe igagasi elihlehlayo, izinto ezesabekayo zavela lapho amabutho aseRussia ebuyela emuva: izidumbu ezishiywe emigwaqweni nasezindleleni zomgwaqo, emakhishini nasezindlini ezingaphansi, ezingadini ezingemuva nasemuva. izindawo zokungcwaba zomphakathi. Izidumbu eziboshwe izandla, noma ezithwele amanxeba namathambo aphukile, noma ezixoxa indaba ethule, ebuhlungu yokubulawa okungasho lutho.
Sebebonke balinganiselwa ku-500 abantu abashonile eBucha. Ngisho namanje, ngemva konyaka ogcwele, esinye isidumbu sifika ngezikhathi ezithile endaweni, sivunjululwe ethuneni elidabukisayo noma sikhishwe emgodini wesiphepho.
“Kwesinye isikhathi kuzwakala sengathi umoya ngokwawo unoshevu,” kusho uMariia Zhozefina, oneminyaka engu-72 ubudala ohola impesheni eBucha, ephakamisa izwi ngenxa yokuduma kwejeneretha eseduze futhi encike kakhulu esibambeni senqola yokuthenga. “Futhi siyaqhubeka nokuyiphefumula nsuku zonke.”
Abesifazane badlula ebhodini lokushisekela izwe e-Kyiv ngo-Feb. 24, unyaka owodwa wokuhlasela kwe-Russia ngokugcwele e-Ukraine.
(Pete Kiehart / For The Times)
Abazili bacula iculo lesizwe lase-Ukraine ngaphambi kokubeka izimbali emathuneni ngo-Feb. 24 e-Bucha, e-Ukraine.
(Pete Kiehart / For The Times)
Njengokufa nomonakalo itholakala ngaphesheya kwe-UkraineI-Bucha isibe isifanekiso sohlobo lobugebengu bempi: indawo yohambo lokuvakashela izicukuthwane zakwamanye amazwe, isisekelo esiqinile sokuphenya, ukungabaza kanye nethemba lokuthi ukushushiswa okunenjongo kuzokwenzeka yini.
NgoLwesihlanu, iNkantolo Yamazwe Ngamazwe eThe Hague ikhiphe incwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa kukaMengameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin kanye noMaria Lvova-Belova, ukhomishana wamalungelo ezingane waseRussia, ngezinsolo zokubandakanyeka ekuthunjweni kwezingane zase-Ukraine. Kodwa iRussia ayiwaboni amandla enkantolo, futhi mancane amathuba okuthi inikeze abasolwa ukuze baquliswe icala.
I-Ukraine iphinde yacela ukuthi kudalwe isipesheli Inkantolo yeZizwe Ezihlangene, okufana nezinhlangano zesikhashana ezisungulelwe ukubhekana nobugebengu bempi endaweni eyayiyiYugoslavia nakwezinye izindawo. Kepha lesi sinyathelo singadinga ukugunyazwa nguMkhandlu Wezokuphepha, lapho iRussia isebenzisa amandla e-veto, noma ivoti eliningi ku-General Assembly, iMoscow engafuna ukuyivimba.
Izinkantolo zangaphandle zingakhipha amacala lapho engekho, okungafaka izigilamkhuba ohlwini lwamazwe ngamazwe olungenza ukuhamba ngaphandle kweRussia kube nzima uma kungenzeki – umphumela ufushane kakhulu kulokho izisulu namaqembu amalungelo angakubheka njengokuhambisana nobugebengu obukhulu kakhulu.
Uphenyo olusekelwe yi-UN olukhishwe ngoLwesine luthi ukuhlaselwa kwezakhamuzi zase-Ukraine kufana nobugebengu bempi, kanye nobugebengu okungenzeka bubhekiswe esintwini.
“Kufanele sephule lo mbuthano wokungajeziswa,” kusho u-Oleksandra Matviichuk, umqondisi weCentre for Civil Liberties, iqembu elilwela amalungelo abantu base-Ukraine ngonyaka odlule lahlanganyela uMklomelo Wokuthula KaNobel. “Asisoze sagcina ukuthula ngaphandle kobulungiswa.”
Uhlelo lwezomthetho lwase-Ukraine lubhekwa njengendlela enkulu yokubhekana nonya lwamasosha aseRussia. Iziphathimandla zithi isibalo samacala asolwa ngokwempi ezweni lonke singaphezu kuka-71,000, amanye anezisulu eziningi. Kepha sekukhishwe amacala angaphansi kwe-100, cishe ingxenye yesithathu yalawo macala aholela ekugwetshweni, iningi lingekho.
Uma ubheka ngale kwamasosha ahamba ngezinyawo, abashushisi base-Ukraine bagcina imibhalo enemininingwane kubasolwa baseRussia abangaphezu kuka-600, okuhlanganisa nabaphathi bezempi nezikhulu zezombusazwe okukholakala ukuthi yibona abakhi bezenzo zonya eBucha, idolobha eliseningizimu neMariupol nakwezinye izindawo.
U-Oleksandra Matviichuk, inhloko yeCenter for Civil Liberties, okuyinhlangano elwela amalungelo abantu base-Ukraine ngonyaka odlule eyabelana ngendondo yeNobel Peace Prize, umile njengoba eshayelwa ihlombe ngemuva kwenkulumo yakhe eMhlanganweni Wephalamende WoMkhandlu WaseYurophu eStrasbourg, eFrance, ngoJan. .
(UJean-Francois Badias / Associated Press)
Abaholi baseNtshonalanga, okuhlanganisa noMongameli Biden, bagcizelele kaningi ukuthi uPutin uzoziphendulela mathupha ngale mpi. Ukuqinisekisa kwakamuva okunjalo kuvela kuNdunankulu waseFinland uSanna Marin, owathi ngesikhathi kuqhubeka ingqungquthela yezindaba e-Kyiv ngesonto eledlule ukuthi umholi waseRussia uzobhekana necala lobugebengu obungakahlolisiswa, obuhlanganisa ukulwa nesizwe esizimele.
“UPutin uyazi ukuthi kuzofanele aphendule ngecala lakhe lobudlova,” kusho uMarin. “Inkantolo yesikhathi esizayo kumele ilethe ubulungiswa ngendlela efanele futhi iphendule izimfuno ezifanele zabantu base-Ukraine.”
Ezinsukwini zokuqala zempi, abaningi ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-Ukraine babekholelwa, noma bazama ukukholelwa, ukuthi kuzoba impi elwa ngokuyinhloko amabutho enkundleni yempi – ukuthi izakhamuzi, njengakuqala empini, zizofakwa engozini, kodwa zingahlosiwe ngamabomu. .
UBucha wakushintsha konke lokho. Bekuphakathi kwemiphakathi yokuqala eyangena ngaphansi kokulawulwa yiRussia ngemuva kokuhlasela kwangoFebhuwari odlule – futhi kwaba ngeyokuqala eyakhululwa ngesikhathi amasosha aseMoscow egqabula umzamo omubi wenyanga wokuthumba inhlokodolobha.
Amafulege, ngalinye elisho isosha lase-Ukraine eliwile, ahamba. Kwesokudla, amakholwa ahlanganyela enkonzweni yokugubha usuku lokuhlasela kweRussia ngokugcwele i-Ukraine esontweni i-St. Andrew’s ngo-Feb. 24 eBucha.
(Pete Kiehart / For The Times)
UMongameli uVolodymyr Zelensky uveze ukuhlupheka kwayo lapho, engqungqutheleni yezindaba ngenyanga edlule ephawula unyaka wokuqala wokuhlasela, ebuzwa ukuthi yisiphi isikhathi esibi kakhulu kuye.
“Bucha,” esho ebukeka ekhangiwe. “Sifunde ukuthi udeveli akekho endaweni engaphansi komhlaba – wahamba phakathi kwethu.”
Isibalo sabantu bakuleli dolobhana – cishe i-37,000 ngaphambi kokuhlasela – sishintshile kanye nenhlanhla yempi. Abangaphezu kwengxenye babaleka ngaphambi kokuba abaseRussia bathathe izintambo; abaningi babuya lapho uBucha esekhululiwe. Kepha njengoba singena kulobu busika, besaba ukucima kukagesi ngenxa yokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu kwengqalasizinda yase-Ukraine, iziphathimandla zinxuse abantu baseKyiv ukuthi bangahambi uma bengathola indawo yokukhosela kwenye indawo – kungaba ngaphakathi noma ngaphandle kwezwe.
Uphenyo lwamanye amacala okusolwa ukuthi enzeka eduze nenhloko-dolobha ngonyaka ogcwele owedlule ludlanga umfutho wezomthetho. Isikhungo sezindaba iReuters sibike ngoLwesibili ukuthi iziphathimandla zase-Ukraine zisole iqembu lamasosha aseRussia ngobugebengu onyakeni odlule ngoMashi esifundeni saseBrovary ngaseKyiv, okuhlanganisa nokunukubeza ngokocansi kwentombazane eneminyaka engu-4 ubudala kanye nokudlwengulwa kukanina yiqembu lezigelekeqe.
Isibalo samacala empi asolwayo ezweni lonke siqhubekile nokukhuphuka njengoba abaphenyi ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula bekwazile ukufinyelela ezindaweni ezazihlaselwe iRussia ngaphambilini ezazithathwe amasosha ase-Ukraine – amadolobha anjengeKherson eningizimu, lapho izakhamizi zitshele khona ngokuhlukunyezwa nokuboshwa phakathi nezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili ezinde. wokuhlala, kanye ne-Izyum empumalanga, lapho abaseRussia abahlehlayo bashiya ihlathi lamathuna ngaphandle kwedolobha.
Emathuneni aseBucha ngo-2022, u-Yryna Chebotok oneminyaka engu-26 ubudala uphethe isiphambano esizobeka ithuna likamkhulu wakhe, uVolodymyr Rubaylo, owashona eneminyaka engu-71. UChebotok uthe umkhulu wakhe wadutshulwa ekhanda ngamasosha aseRussia ngesikhathi ehamba. endlini yakhe ukuthenga ugwayi.
(UCarolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Cishe nsuku zonke, ubufakazi obusha bamacala empi obungase bubonakale ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ngaphakathi e-Ukraine nasemhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa nevidyo kliphu enyantisayo evele kule nyanga yesosha lase-Ukraine elingahlomile libulawa abathumbi abakhuluma isiRashiya.
Imi endaweni ebukeka njengethuna elingashoni, owesilisa owayegwetshiwe, ohlonzwe njengomdubuli wesibhamu oneminyaka engu-42 ubudala ogama lakhe lingu-Oleksandr Matsiyevsky, ubonakala efutha intuthu kagwayi ngaphambi kokumemezela ukuthi “Udumo E-Ukraine” – inqaba ehlala njalo yempi. – bese echithwe ngezinhlamvu.
NgoMashi kuphinde kwaqala kabusha, ngemuva kokumiswa cishe kwenyanga, kokuhlasela kwendiza okukhulu okubhekiswe nengqalasizinda yamandla omphakathi e-Ukraine – ubugebengu obungase bube yimpi. NgoMashi 9, amasosha aseRussia adubula inqwaba yemicibisholo nama-drones emadolobheni amakhulu okuhlanganisa ne-Kyiv, kwashona okungenani izakhamuzi eziyisishiyagalolunye. Okungenani uhhafu weshumi nambili lemicibisholo edutshuliwe kwakuyizikhali ze-hypersonic ezaziwa ngokuthi ama-Kinzhals – “amadaga” – andiza ngesivinini esiphindwe kahlanu kwesivinini somsindo futhi angenakubalwa nezivikelo zomoya i-Ukraine enazo njengamanje.
I-Kremlin iphinde isimangalo sayo esijwayelekile sokuthi okuhlosiwe kwakuwukufakwa kwezempi nezinsiza – ingxabano ehlekwa uhulumeni eKyiv.
“Ayikho inhloso yezempi, ubuqaba baseRussia kuphela,” kubhala uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle uDmytro Kuleba kuTwitter ngemuva kwamahora ama-barrage. “Kuzofika usuku lapho uPutin nabambisene nabo bezolandiswa yisigungu esikhethekile.”
Umpristi wama-Orthodox u-Oleksandr Pronyk, wesonto i-St. Nicholas edolobhaneni laseLubyanka, uthwebule isithombe ngaphandle kwesonto lika-St. Andrew eBucha ngoFebhuwari.
(Pete Kiehart / For The Times)
Izikhulu zase-Ukraine zithi izenzo eziqondise ngqo abangalwi – ukubulala, udlame locansi, ukuthunjwa kwezingane eRussia – empeleni ziyimpindiselo yokwehluleka kwenkundla yempi yaseMoscow, kusukela ezinsukwini zokuqala zempi.
Onyakeni wesibili wempi abahleli be-Kremlin ababeyibheke njengemashi emfushane, ewujuqu ebheke ekunqobeni, kulindeleke ukuthi inani labantu abavamile likhuphuke kanye nokukhungatheka kwaseRussia.
“Abahlali bangakwazi ukwesabisa izakhamizi kuphela,” kusho uZelensky enkulumweni yakhe yasebusuku yakamuva ezweni. “Yilokho kuphela abangakwenza.”
Ngenyanga edlule eBucha, njengoba abalilayo bebungaza unyaka wokuqala kwalokhu kuhlasela, umpristi wesonto lobu-Orthodox u-Oleksandr Pronyk wathi ngemva kokuhlala endaweni, ngisho nabashiseka kakhulu emhlambini wakhe bazabalaza ukuthola izimpawu zokuba khona kwaphezulu okubabhekile.
Ezigcekeni ezishaywa umoya zesonto i-St. Andrew, lapho kwatholwa khona ithuna lomphakathi elalinezidumbu eziningi ngonyaka odlule, uPronyk, osesigodini esiseduze neLubyanka, uthe naye uke wabhekana nombono wokuthi angakwazi. ukunikeza amakholwa induduzo yangempela.
“Akekho ongavumelana nokwenzeka lapha; akekho ongakwamukela,” usho kanje. “Konke umuntu angakwenza ukuzama ukuzitholela eyabo indlela eya emseni nomusa kaNkulunkulu.”
