UMengameli uJoe Biden utshele abaholi be-G7 ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi iWashington yeseka izinhlelo ezihlangene zokuqeqesha abashayeli bezindiza base-Ukraine ngezindiza zempi ze-F-16, kusho izikhulu eziphezulu zaseMelika, nokugunyaza okukhulu njengoba i-Kyiv ifuna ukuqinisa amandla ayo emoyeni ngokumelene neRussia.
Ukuqeqeshwa ngamajethi enziwe e-US kuzokwenzeka e-Europe futhi kuzothatha izinyanga ukuthi kuqedwe, kusho esinye sezikhulu. Izikhulu zaseMelika zilinganisele isikhathi esishesha kakhulu esidingekayo sokuqeqeshwa nokulethwa kwama-F-16 ezinyangeni eziyi-18.
“Njengoba kuqhubeka ukuqeqeshwa kulezi zinyanga ezizayo, umfelandawonye wethu wamazwe abambe iqhaza kulo mzamo uzonquma ukuthi uzowahlinzeka nini ngempela amajethi, mangaki esizowahlinzeka, nokuthi ubani ozowahlinzeka,” kusho lesi sikhulu.
Yize lesi sikhulu singashongo ukuthi yimaphi amazwe azobamba iqhaza, uNdunankulu waseBrithani uRishi Sunak uthe i-UK izosebenzisana neNetherlands, Belgium kanye neDenmark “ukuthola i-Ukraine amandla omoya wokulwa ayidingayo.”
UMnyango wezokuVikela eDenmark uthe ukulungele ukweseka lolu qeqesho.
Izwe laseMelika lithemba ukuthi lizoqala ukuqeqeshwa, okuzokwenziwa kumasosha esizukulwane sesine okuhlanganisa nama-F-16, emasontweni azayo, kusho lesi sikhulu.
I-Ukraine ifuna amajethi, enziwe ngu-Lockheed Martin, njengoba iqhubekela phambili nenqubekela phambili yayo enkulu izinyanga ngokumelene namasosha aseRussia ahlaselayo ngaphambi kokuhlelelwa ukulwa.
I-Ukraine, engenawo amajethi aklanywe ngaseNtshonalanga, ithi ama-F-16 asebenza kakhulu kunama-fighters enkathi yamaSoviet esawasebenzisa. IPoland neSlovakia banikeze i-Ukraine ama-MiG-29 angama-27.
Ohulumeni baseNtshonalanga bebexwayile ukushiya amazwe abo engavikelekile ngokunikela ngemishini eningi. Baphinde bagwema ukuthumela noma yini engangena ekujuleni kwendawo yaseRussia futhi inikeze iMoscow isizathu sokuhlasela.
UMengameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelenskyy uthole izithembiso kuleli sonto ezivela eBrithani naseNetherlands zokulekelela ekwakheni “umfelandawonye wamajethi”, nakuba abaholi bamazwe womabili bema kancane bathi bazothumela izindiza.
NgoLwesihlanu, uMnu Zelenskyy uzamukele lezi zindaba. “Lokhu kuzolithuthukisa kakhulu ibutho lethu esibhakabhakeni. Ngithembele ekuxoxisaneni ngokusebenza kwalesi sinqumo engqungqutheleni ye-#G7 e-Hiroshima,” esho ku-Twitter.
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