Riaan Bakhmut ukulwa
Amasosha ase-Ukraine alwa namaRussia eBakhmut. Isikhulu samasosha aseWagner sithi amasosha aseRussia ayahoxa ezikhundleni kule ndawo. (Da Vinci Wolves/Goner.Group)
Umnyango Wezokuvikela waseRussia kusho ngeSonto ekuseni ukuthi amasosha ombutho ozimele waseWagner, esekelwa ngamasosha aseRussia, ashaqa idolobha lase-Ukraine iBakhmut.
Isitatimende senkonzo esiteshini seTelegram size cishe amahora ayisishiyagalombili ngemuva kwesimangalo esifanayo senhloko yakwaWagner u-Yevgeny Prigozhin. Iziphathimandla zase-Ukraine ngaleso sikhathi zathi ukulwela iBakhmut kusaqhubeka.
Impi yezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili yedolobha empumalanga ye-Ukraine yinde kakhulu futhi cishe echitha igazi eliningi engxabanweni yase-Ukraine.
IMPI YASE-RUSSIA-UKRAINE ‘IYAQALA UKUZWA NJENGE-VIETNAM’: SEN. ROGER MARSHALL
Usebenzisa igama ledolobha lenkathi yeSoviet, ungqongqoshe waseRussia wathi, “Eziqondisweni ze-Artyomovsk, amaqembu ahlaselayo enkampani yamasosha azimele yaseWagner esekelwa izikhali kanye nezindiza zeqembu lempi eliseningizimu seliqedile ukukhululwa kwedolobha lase-Artyomovsk. “
Kade kukhona akukho ukuphawula okusheshayo kwezikhulu zase-Ukraine mayelana nesimangalo sakamuva.
Kuvidiyo efakwe phambilini kuTelegram, inhloko yakwaWagner u-Yevgeny Prigozhin uthe leli dolobha lilawulwa ngokuphelele yiRussia cishe emini kabha ngoMgqibelo. Wayekhuluma ephahlwe yizimpi ezingaba yingxenye yeshumi nambili, ezinezakhiwo ezicekeleke phansi ngemuva nokuqhuma kwezwakala kude.
Amasosha ase-Ukraine adubula inganono eduze kwaseBakhmut, idolobha elisempumalanga lapho bekunezimpi eziqinile namasosha aseRussia, esifundeni saseDonetsk, e-Ukraine, ngo-May 15, 2023. Sekuphele izinyanga amazwe ahlangene aseNtshonalanga ethumela izikhali nezinhlamvu ezibiza izigidigidi zamaRandi. ukuya e-Ukraine ngokuphuthuma ukuletha izimpahla e-Kyiv kusenesikhathi ukuze kube nokuhlasela okulindelekile kwasentwasahlobo. Manje ihlobo kusasele amasonto ambalwa. Ngenkathi iRussia ne-Ukraine zigxile empini eshubile ye-Bakhmut, ukuhlasela kwentwasahlobo yase-Ukraine akukakaqali. (Isithombe se-AP/Libkos, Ifayela)
Ngemuva kokuvela kwevidiyo, uSerhiy Cherevatyi, okhulumela i-Eastern Command yase-Ukraine, utshele i-Associated Press ukuthi okushiwo nguPrigozhin “akusilo iqiniso. Amayunithi ethu alwa eBakhmut.” Esitatimendeni esiku-Facebook, iGeneral Staff yase-Ukraine ithe “izimpi ezinzima zedolobha laseBakhmut azipheli.”
UMykhailo Podolyak, ongumeluleki kaMongameli wase-Ukraine uVolodymyr Zelenskyy, uthe “akukona okokuqala uPrigozhin ethi ‘sithathe yonke into futhi siyabusa’.” Uphakamise ukuthi isitatimende senkosi yakwa-Wagner sasihloselwe ukudonsela ukunaka ohambweni lwakamuva lukaZelenskyy olubonakala kakhulu phesheya kwezilwandle, okuhlanganisa nengqungquthela yeGroup of Seven eJapan ngoMgqibelo.
Ukulwa sekushubile e-Bakhmut nasezindaweni ezizungezile isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga eziyisishiyagalombili.
UMZAMO WEMPI YASERUSSIA ‘BEWUKE WAMA KUDALA’ NGAPHANDLE KOKUSEKELWA YI-BEIJING: UGORDON CHANG
Amasosha aseRussia asazobhekana nomsebenzi omkhulu wokuthumba ingxenye esele yesifunda saseDonetsk esalawulwa yi-Ukraine, okuhlanganisa nezindawo ezimbalwa ezibiyelwe kakhulu.
Akukacaci ukuthi yiluphi uhlangothi olukhokhe inani eliphezulu empini yeBakhmut. Kokubili iRussia ne-Ukraine zibekezelele ukulahlekelwa okukholakala ukuthi ziyizinkulungwane, nakuba kungekho noyedwa odalule izinombolo zabalimele.
UZelenskyy ugcizelele ukubaluleka ukuvikela uBakhmut engxoxweni abenayo ne-Associated Press ngoMashi, ethi ukuwa kwayo kungavumela iRussia ukuthi iqoqe ukwesekwa kwamazwe ngamazwe esivumelwaneni esingase sidinge i-Kyiv ukuthi yenze ukuvumelana okungamukeleki.
Amasosha ase-Ukraine adubula inganono eduze kwaseBakhmut, idolobha elisempumalanga lapho bekunezimpi eziqinile namasosha aseRussia, esifundeni saseDonetsk, e-Ukraine, ngo-May 15, 2023. Sekuphele izinyanga amazwe ahlangene aseNtshonalanga ethumela izikhali nezinhlamvu ezibiza izigidigidi zamaRandi. ukuya e-Ukraine ngokuphuthuma ukuletha izimpahla e-Kyiv kusenesikhathi ukuze kube nokuhlasela okulindelekile kwasentwasahlobo. Manje ihlobo kusasele amasonto ambalwa. Ngenkathi iRussia ne-Ukraine zigxile empini eshubile ye-Bakhmut, ukuhlasela kwentwasahlobo yase-Ukraine akukakaqali. (Isithombe se-AP/Libkos)
Abahlaziyi bathe ukuwa kukaBakhmut kuzoba yiphutha e-Ukraine futhi kunikeze ezinye izinzuzo Tactical eRussia kodwa azange zithole isinqumo esiwumphumela wempi.
Amasosha aseRussia asabhekene nomsebenzi omkhulu wokuthatha yonke indawo yaseDonetsk ngaphansi kokulawulwa yi-Ukraine, okuhlanganisa nezindawo ezimbalwa ezibiyelwe kakhulu. Izifundazwe zaseDonetsk kanye neLuhansk engumakhelwane zakha iDonbas, isizinda sezimboni sase-Ukraine lapho ukuvukela ngokwehlukana kwaqala khona ngo-2014 futhi okwathathwa yiMoscow ngokungemthetho ngoSepthemba.
I-Bakhmut, eqhele ngamakhilomitha angaba ngu-55 (amamayela angu-34) enyakatho yenhloko-dolobha yesifunda ephethwe yiRussia iDonetsk, yayinabantu abangu-80,000 ngaphambi kwempi futhi yayiyisikhungo sezimboni esibalulekile, esizungezwe izimayini zikasawoti kanye ne-gypsum.
I-US YOKUQEQESHA ABASHAYELI Bezindiza E-UKRAINE ‘ISIMEMEZELO SOKUQHUBEKA’: GEN. UJACK KEANE
Idolobha, elaqanjwa ngokuthi i-Artyomovsk ngemuva komguquli wamaBolshevik ngenkathi i-Ukraine iyingxenye yeSoviet Union, laziwa nangokukhiqiza kwalo iwayini elikhazimulayo emigedeni engaphansi komhlaba. Izindlela zayo ezibanzi ezinemigqa yezihlahla, amapaki aluhlaza kanye nedolobha elihle elinezindlu ezinhle zamuva zekhulu le-19 – zonke manje eseziphenduke indawo eyihlane eshunqayo – zayenza yaba indawo ethandwa izivakashi.
Lapho amavukela-mbuso ahlasela impumalanga ye-Ukraine ngo-2014 emasontweni ambalwa ngemva kokuthatha iMoscow ngokungemthetho iNhlonhlo YaseCrimea yase-Ukraine, amavukela-mbuso alinqoba ngokushesha leli dolobha, kodwa lalahleka ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa.
Ngemuva kokuthi iRussia ishintshele kuDonbas kulandela umzamo oyiphutha wokuthumba iKyiv ekuqaleni kokuhlasela kukaFebhuwari 2022, amasosha aseMoscow azama ukuthatha iBakhmut ngo-Agasti kodwa aphindiselwa emuva.
Kulokhu kuthathwa kwevidiyo ekhishwe ngabakwaPrigozhin Press Service ngoMgqibelo, Meyi 20, 2023, u-Yevgeny Prigozhin, umnikazi wenkampani yamasosha iWagner Group uxhawula amasosha akhe, eBakhmut, e-Ukraine. UPrigozhin uthi amabutho akhe athathe izintambo zokulawula idolobha laseBakhmut ngemuva kwempi ende neyimbi kakhulu yempi yaseRussia-Ukraine, kodwa izikhulu zezokuvikela zase-Ukraine zikuphikile lokho. Kuvidiyo efakwe kuTelegram, uPrigozhin uthe idolobha lilawulwa ngokuphelele yiRussia cishe emini kabha ngoMgqibelo. (Isevisi ye-Prigozhin Press nge-AP)
Ukulwa lapho kwadamba ekwindla njengoba iRussia yayibhekene nezempi yase-Ukraine empumalanga naseningizimu, kodwa yaqala kabusha ngesivinini esigcwele ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule. Ngo-January, iRussia yathumba idolobha elinezimayini zikasawoti iSoledar, enyakatho nje yeBakhmut, futhi yavalela ezindaweni ezingaphansi kwedolobha.
Amabhomu ashubile aseRussia aqondise idolobha kanye namadolobhana aseduze njengoba iMoscow ihlasela izinhlangothi ezintathu ukuze izame ukuqeda ukumelana nalokho abase-Ukraine abakubiza ngokuthi “inqaba iBakhmut.”
Amasosha avela kuWagner ahole ekuhlaseleni kwaseRussia. U-Prigozhin wazama ukusebenzisa impi yedolobha ukuze andise amandla akhe phakathi nokungezwani nabaholi bezempi baseRussia abaphezulu abagxeka kabuhlungu.
“Asizange silwe kuphela namasosha ase-Ukraine e-Bakhmut. Silwe ne-bureaucracy yaseRussia, eyaphonsa isihlabathi emasondweni,” kusho u-Prigozhin kuvidiyo ngoMgqibelo.
CHOFOZA LAPHA UKUZE UTHOLA UHLELO LOKUSEBENZA IZINDABA ZEZIMpungushe
Ukudubula okungapheli kwezikhali zaseRussia kwashiya izakhiwo ezimbalwa zinjalo phakathi kwezimpi ezinonya zendlu ngendlu. Ama-Wagner fighters “amashe izidumbu zamasosha awo” ngokusho kwezikhulu zase-Ukraine. Zombili izinhlangothi zichithe izinhlamvu ngezinga elingabonakali kunoma iyiphi impi amashumi eminyaka, zidubula izinkulungwane zemizuliswano ngosuku.
UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseRussia uSergei Shoigu uthe ukuthatha leli dolobha kuzovumela iRussia ukuthi iqhubekisele phambili ukuhlasela kwayo esifundeni saseDonetsk, okungesinye sezifundazwe ezine zase-Ukraine iMoscow eyathatha ngokungemthetho ngoSepthemba.
