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Inhloko yenkampani yamasosha aseRussia u-Yevgeny Prigozhin utshele i-CNN ngoLwesine ukuthi usenikeze i-Ukraine isidumbu sesosha eselathatha umhlalaphansi le-US Army Special Forces elabulawa empini yedolobha lase-Ukraine i-Bakhmut.
Ephendula i-CNN ebuza ukuthi ngabe uWagner usibuyisile yini isidumbu sika Abasebenzi Bezempi Esebathatha Umhlalaphansi Sgt. Nicholas Maimer njengoba kuthenjiswe uPrigozhin ngeledlule, uPrigozhin wathi erekhodini elilalelwayo: “Namuhla ngamahora angu-1500 sinikeze isidumbu sikaNicholas Maimer waseMelika ohlangothini lwase-Ukraine.”
Kuvidiyo eyabiwe ne-CNN yinkonzo yabezindaba yakwaPrigozhin, umphathi wakwa-Wagner umi eduze kwamabhokisi amabili omngcwabo, elilodwa elihlotshiswe ngefulegi laseMelika nelinye linefulegi laseTurkey, futhi uthi: “UmMelika ufele empini ‘esidlekeni’” — elilodwa. wezindawo zokugcina ezibangwa 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 Lase-Ukraine Lokuxhumanisa Ukwelashwa Kweziboshwa Zempi ukuqinisekisile kwaCNN ukuthi isidumbu sikaMaimer, kanye nesidumbu sesakhamuzi saseTurkey, sibuyiselwe e-Ukraine ngoLwesine ngesikhathi somhlangano. Ukushintsha kwe-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, noma izimo ashona kuzo.
Amashumi eminyaka ka-Maimer egqoke iyunifomu: Ngokusho kwerekhodi lenkonzo kaMaimer elinikezwe i-CNN, usebenze iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 egqoke umfaniswano ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ngo-2018, ngokusho kwerekhodi lakhe lenkonzo elinikezwe i-CNN.
Usebenze iminyaka engaphezu kwemibili eButhweni Lezempi elisebenzayo, wahamba ngoDisemba 1998; wabe esejoyina iNational Guard ngoNovemba 2000, futhi wasebenza cishe iminyaka eyi-18 phakathi kwamayunithi amathathu ahlukene Onogada ngaphambi kokuthatha umhlalaphansi ngoDisemba 2018.
Phakathi kwemiklomelo nemihlobiso yakhe kukhona i-Special Forces Tab, Indondo Yokuncoma Amasosha kanye Nezindondo Ezine Zempumelelo Yezempi.
Umalume wakhe uPaul Maimer utshele i-Idaho Statesman ukuthi umshana wakhe uye e-Ukraine “njengomuntu osiza abantu abazama ukwenza okuhle kulo mhlaba” nokuthi umndeni wawufuna ukumletha ekhaya ukuze “angcwatshwe ngendlela efanele.”
“Ngicabanga ukuthi ufanelwe wukungcwatshwa emathuneni omakadebona,” etshela u-Statesman. “Kungenzeka ukuthi ubengalweli izwe lethu, kodwa ubelwela izizathu ezifanele.”
UJosh Pennington we-CNN, uSandi Sidhu, uJennifer Hansler, u-Haley Britzky no-Alex Marquardt babe nesandla kulokhu okuthunyelwe.
