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IPhini likaNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle eRussia lixwayise amazwe aseNtshonalanga “ngezingozi ezinkulu” uma i-Ukraine ihlinzekwa F-16 fighter jetsabezindaba zombuso waseRussia i-TASS ibike ngoMgqibelo.
Lokhu kuphawula kuza ngemuva kokuthi uMengameli waseMelika uJoe Biden esekele abashayeli bezindiza base-Ukraine ukuthi baqeqeshelwe ukundiza i-F-16, ehlehlisa isikhundla sakhe sangaphambili.
Ama-F-16 athathwa njengezinhlelo zezikhali ezisebenza kahle ezinobubanzi bamamayela angu-500 (amakhilomitha angu-860), futhi kungaba ukuthuthukiswa endizeni njengamanje emikhunjini yase-Ukraine.
Ephendula kulesi sinyathelo, u-Alexander Grushko uthe: “Siyabona ukuthi amazwe aseNtshonalanga asabambelele esimeni sokukhula.
“Kubandakanya izingozi ezinkulu kubo ngokwabo. Kunoma yikuphi, lokhu kuzobhekwa kuzo zonke izinhlelo zethu, futhi sinazo zonke izindlela ezidingekayo zokufeza izinhloso ezibekiwe.
Ngasekuqaleni kwaleli sonto, i-UK ne-Netherlands kubikwa ukuthi bakha i- “umfelandawonye wamazwe ngamazwe” ukusiza i-Ukraine ukuthola izindiza zempi ze-F-16.
Idlanzana lamazwe ase-Europe anomphakeli wama-F-16 enziwe e-US, okuhlanganisa ne-Netherlands, ebonise ukuzimisela ukuthumela amanye awo e-Ukraine. Kodwa i-US kuzomele ikugunyaze lokho kudluliselwa komuntu wesithathu ngenxa yobuchwepheshe obubucayi bezindiza base-US.
Selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela kweRussia, uMongameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelenskyuzabalazele ukuthola ama-F-16 ukuze amsize empini yakhe, ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi angase asetshenziswe enhlabathini yaseRussia, okungase kubangele ukwanda phakathi kwe-NATO neRussia.
Ngemuva kokuthi uKyiv engazidingi izindiza zempi ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, uMongameli waseMelika uJoe Biden wahoxisa ukuphikisa kwakhe ngokusayina kumadlelandawonye aseYurophu ukuthi bazowavumela. I-F-16 ethunyelwa ngaphandle ukuya e-Ukraine.
Umeluleki ophambili wezokuphepha kuzwelonke wakwaBiden, uJake Sullivan, utshele izintatheli ngoMgqibelo eJapan iBiden ikholelwa ekuhlomiseni izwe impi yesikhathi eside neRussia.
NgoMashi, i-US yabamba abashayeli bezindiza ababili base-Ukraine esikhungweni samasosha e-Tucson, e-Arizona, ukuze bahlole amakhono abo ngokusebenzisa izifanisi zendiza futhi bahlole ukuthi kuzobathatha isikhathi esingakanani ukufunda ukushayela izindiza zezempi ezihlukahlukene zase-US, kuhlanganise nama-F-16.
