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Isikhulu seqembu lamasosha aseRussia uWagner utshele i-CNN ngoLwesine ukuthi usenikeze isidumbu sika Nicholas Maimer, isosha lase-US Army Special Forces eselathatha umhlalaphansi elabulawa empini yaseBakhmut, yawela e-Ukraine.
U-Yevgeny Prigozhin, lapho ebuzwa yi-CNN ukuthi u-Wagner wayesibuyisile yini isidumbu se-Retired Army Staff Sgt. UMaimer njengoba uPrigozhin ethembisile ngeledlule, wathi kumsindo oqoshiwe: “Namuhla ngo-15:00 amahora sinikeze isidumbu sikaNicholas Maimer waseMelika ohlangothini lwase-Ukraine.”
UMaimer wayesebhilidini elingaphakathi I-Bakhmut eyabhidlika ngemva kokushaywa umlilo wezikhali, ngokusho kuka-Retired Lt. Col. Perry Blackburn, umsunguli we-AFGFree engenzi nzuzo, uMaimer ayesebenza nayo e-Ukraine.
Abantu base-Ukraine ababenoMaimer bakholelwa ukuthi uvaleleke ebhilidini elibhidlikile noma ubulawe “inqwaba” yomlilo wezikhali zaseRussia, kusho uBlackburn. I-CNN ayikwazi ukuqinisekisa ngokuzimela imininingwane yokushona kuka-Maimer.
Kuvidiyo eyabiwe ne-CNN yinkonzo yabezindaba yakwaPrigozhin, umphathi wakwa-Wagner ubonakala emi eduze kwamabhokisi amabili, elilodwa elihlotshiswe ngefulegi laseMelika nelinye linefulegi laseTurkey, futhi uthi: “UmMelika ufele empini ‘esidlekeni’” – enye yezindawo zokugcina okuphikiswana ngazo entshonalanga ye-Bakhmut – futhi wengeza ukuthi ibhokisi lesibili laliqukethe isidumbu sesakhamuzi saseTurkey esasise-Bakhmut nomlingani waso wesifazane.
“Batholwe ngaphansi kwamanxiwa ebhilidi, noma ngokunembe yena kanye namaphepha akhe. Lapho abase-Ukraine behoxa baqhumisa isakhiwo, bafela ngaphansi kwesakhiwo esibhidlikile. Asikwazanga ukumkhipha, kodwa samkhipha futhi sizobuyela ezweni lakubo,” kusho uPrigozhin ngezakhamizi zaseTurkey. I-CNN ayikwazi ukuqinisekisa ngokuzimela indawo ekuvidiyo noma usuku eshuthwe ngalo.
Ikomkhulu Lokuxhumanisa lase-Ukraine Lokwelashwa Kweziboshwa Zempi ukuqinisekisile kwa-CNN ukuthi isidumbu sikaMaimer, kanye nesidumbu sesakhamuzi saseTurkey, sibuyiselwe e-Ukraine ngoLwesine ngesikhathi sokushintshisana nge-POW. Ividiyo eyabiwe yileli qembu ikhombisa ibhokisi lomngcwabo elimbozwe ngefulegi laseMelika elifana nebhokisi elibonwe kuvidiyo noPrigozhin.
I-CNN ayikwazi ukuqinisekisa ngokuzimela ukuthi ibhokisi lomngcwabo liqukethe isidumbu sikaMaimer. Ngemuva kokushona kwakhe ngesonto eledlule, uPrigozhin wathi ukhombisa isidumbu somuntu waseMelika kuvidiyo efakwe eqenjini leWagner Telegraph.
I-blogger yezempi esekela i-Kremlin, u-Alexander Simonov, wethula ividiyo ethi “sidlulela ezikhundleni eziphezulu ze-PMC Wagner ezifundeni ezisentshonalanga ye-Artyomovsk,” igama lesiRashiya elithi Bakhmut. I-Prigozhin ikhonjiswa ihlola umzimba, futhi lokho akushoyo yimibhalo kamazisi yase-US.
UPrigozhin uthi, “Ngakho sizomnikela e-United States of America, sizomfaka ebhokisini, simmboze ngefulegi laseMelika ngenhlonipho ngoba akafelanga embhedeni wakhe njengomkhulu kodwa wafela empini. futhi cishe kufanelekile [death]akunjalo?”
I-CNN ayikwazi ukuqinisekisa ubuqiniso balokho okukhonjiswe kuvidiyo, futhi umndeni kaMaimer awuzange usibuyise isicelo se-CNN sokuphawula. Kodwa-ke, umalume kaMaimer uPaul uqinisekise ku-Idaho Statesman ukuthi isidumbu esikuvidiyo ngesikaMaimer.
