ULwandle Olumnyama luneTurkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia kanye neGeorgia njengamazwe asemngceleni wawo. Njengoba indawo engamakhilomitha-skwele angama-436.400, phakathi neMpi Yomshoshaphansi yayifana kakhulu nechibi laseSoviet ukunxephezela ubunzima bokufinyelela emanzini ahambayo iRussia enkulu kangaka kodwa eyayingekho kahle ebalazweni lomhlaba eyahlupheka ngokomlando.
Isekelwe eCrimea, iRussia inemikhumbi engaba ngamashumi amabili, kuhlanganise nemikhumbi-ngwenya, oLwandle Olumnyama. Selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela kukaPutin, ukusetshenziswa kwalo mkhumbi kunqunyelwe imicibisholo yase-Ukraine eyacwilisa ifulegi laseMoskva ngo-Ephreli 14. I-Kremlin ayinayo indlela yokuqinisa amayunithi ayo ezempi ngenxa yesivumelwano sango-1936, esaziwa ngokuthi yi-Montreaux Convention, elawula ukuhamba olwandle ngokusebenzisa i-Dardanelles kanye ne-Bosphorus straits. Zombili lezi zindlela, ezixhuma uLwandle Olumnyama neMedithera, zilawulwa yiTurkey.
Umhlangano uqaphela ukungena okungavinjelwe emikhunjini yabantu, njengaleyo ethwele okusanhlamvu kwase-Ukraine, kodwa ubeke imingcele uma kuziwa emikhunjini yempi. Amazwe asogwini yiwo anemikhawulo emincane yokufinyelela. Yiqiniso, amazwe asogwini kuphela angathumela imikhumbi-ngwenya oLwandle Olumnyama, futhi abathwali bezindiza abagunyaziwe neze. Futhi okubaluleke nakakhulu, lapho elinye lamazwe oLwandle Olumnyama lisempini, iTurkey inelungelo lokuvimbela ukudlula kwamayunithi okuqinisa, ngaphandle kwalawo abuyela ezisekelweni zawo.
Lo mkhawulo olinganiselwe wokuqondisa we-Moscow oLwandle Olumnyama ubeka phansi phansi inhloli eyinhloli yase-United States umlwi wase-Russian SU-27 phezu kwamanzi omhlaba. Ungowokuqala ukwazi ukuthi izindiza zamasosha aseMelika naseRussia ziye zaxhumana ngokuqondile kusukela ekuhlaselweni okuqale ngonyaka odlule. Ngesikhathi esibalulekile sokuhlasela kanye nokuhlasela okuphikisayo lapho usizo olungaphatheki ngendlela yobuhlakani lunquma njengokunikelwa kwezikhali nezinhlamvu.
