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U-Vladimir Putin uvakashele idolobha lase-Ukraine elicekeleke phansi iMariupol, ukuvakasha kwakhe kokuqala endaweni enqotshiwe selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, ngemuva kokuba kukhishwe incwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa kukamongameli waseRussia emhlabeni jikelele.
UPutin wandizela eMariupol ngendiza enophephela emhlane wazulazula edolobheni ngemoto, kusho abephephandaba i-Kremlin ngeSonto, ecashunwe yizinhlangano zezindaba zaseRussia.
Ngokwe-video esakazwa wumabonakude womphakathi waseRussia, lolu hambo lwenzeke ebusuku, uPutin ekhonjiswa emigwaqweni futhi ekhuluma nezakhamuzi. “Siyakuthandazela,” uPutin eqinisekisa omunye wezakhamuzi, ethi idolobha “liyipharadesi elincane.”
Umholi waseRussia uphinde wavakashela ishashalazi yasendaweni eyakhiwe kabusha futhi walandela ukwethulwa kombiko wemisebenzi yokwakhiwa kabusha kwaleli dolobha elicekeleke phansi, ngokusho kwe-Kremlin.
Lolu wuhambo lwakhe lokuqala lokuya edolobheni eliyitheku lase-Ukraine, elavinjezelwa izinyanga ngamasosha aseRussia ngaphambi kokuwa ngoMeyi 2022.
Izikhulu zase-Ukraine zikugxekile lokhu kuvakasha, zabiza uPutin “isigebengu samazwe ngamazwe”.
“Isigebengu sihlala sibuyela endaweni yesigameko,” kusho uMykhail Podolyak, ongumeluleki kaMengameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelenskyy.
Ngokusho kwe-Kremlin, ngaphambi kokuya eMariupol ngoMgqibelo kusihlwa, uPutin uphinde wabamba umhlangano eRostov, eRussia, nezikhulu zamasosha aseRussia, kuhlanganise no-Chief of Staff Valeri Guerassimov.
NgoMgqibelo uvakashele idolobha elisethekwini laseSevastopol eCrimea ephethwe yiRussia, njengengxenye yempelasonto ‘yemigubho’ yokumaka ukuthathwa ngokungemthetho kweRussia ngo-2014 eCrimea.
Kube nemicimbi yokubungaza isikhumbuzo seminyaka yonke e-St. Petersburg, kanye naseCrimea uqobo lapho iqembu lezigebengu lezigebengu lezigebengu i-Night Wolves, elihlobene eduze no-Vladimir Putin iminyaka ethile, labamba umhlangano.
NgoLwesihlanu, i-International Criminal Court ukhiphe incwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa kaPutin ngamacala empi ngenxa yezinsolo zokubandakanyeka ekuthunjweni kwezingane zase-Ukraine.
Inkantolo yathi esitatimendeni umongameli waseRussia “usolwa ngecala lempi lokudingiswa kwabantu (izingane) ngokungemthetho kanye nokudluliselwa kwenani labantu (izingane) ngokungemthetho lisuka ezindaweni ezihlaselwe e-Ukraine liyiswe eRussian Federation.”
Umkhulumeli we-Kremlin ubize incwadi egunyaza ukuboshwa ngokuthi “iyacasula futhi akwamukelekile”, futhi wabiza izinqumo ze-ICC “njengeze ngokusemthethweni.”
I-ICC ithe igungu layo langaphambi kokuqulwa kwecala lithole ukuthi “kunezizathu ezizwakalayo zokukholelwa ukuthi umsolwa ngamunye unecala ngecala lempi lokudingiswa kwabantu ngokungemthetho kanye nokudluliselwa kwabantu ngokungemthetho besuka ezindaweni ezihlaselwe e-Ukraine beyiswa eRussian Federation, ngokubandlulula.” izingane zase-Ukraine.”
Zingaphezu kuka-16,000 izingane zase-Ukraine ezidingiselwe eRussia selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela, ngokusho kukaKyiv, kanti eziningi zibekwe ezikhungweni nasezindlini zokutholwa.
