"Sinomsebenzi lapha futhi ukapteni kumele kube ngowokugcina ukuhamba"

I-Mykolaiv Postal Pharmacy iyindawo engaphansi kunanoma yini enye. Esikhundleni salokho izithombe ezisezindongeni kwafakwa amapulangwe abamba ukushaqeka kanye nesosha elihlome ngamasheke ama-AK47. Impi ishintsha yonke into, ngisho nenkonzo yeposi.

Ngemva kokudlulisa zonke izilawuli safika ehhovisi lika-Yehor Kosorukov, umqondisi wenkonzo yeposi yesifunda. Ehhovisi lakhe ungabona inkundla yezempi yedolobha, indawo yempi enzima phakathi kwamasosha ase-Ukraine nawaseRussia. Avule ifasitela asibonise futhi igumbi liyakhanya. Uyivula ekude futhi uma sibheka ngaphandle uyasikhumbuza: "Qaphela, kungase kube khona abahlaseli ngaphambili." Ube esevika iwindi bese echaza ukuthi kungani enqume ukuhlala phambi kweposi.

E-Ukraine isevisi yeposi ibalulekile kwezinye izindawo zezwe. “Kunezindawo ezingenazo izitolo kodwa kuneposi. Sithengisa uwoyela, iphepha lasendlini yangasese, amasokisi…”, kusho u-Yehor. Ngaphezu kwalokho, yibona ababhekele ukukhokhela impesheni. Ngaphandle kwabo, ukuphila kwamanye amadolobha bekuyoba nzima kakhulu.

Kusukela ku-330 kuya ku-15 abasebenzi

Umsebenzi obucayi phakathi nempi aqhubeka eqhuba ngisho nangaphansi komlilo waseRussia. Abantu abangaba ngu-330 bake basebenza kulesi sakhiwo, kodwa kusukela kuqale impi, bangu-15 kuphela abasele.

Abanye abasebenzi babhekane nemiphumela yokuhlasela kwesitha futhi izimoto ezilethayo zinezimpawu zokudutshulwa noma ama-shrapnel. Esakhiweni esikuso, ungabona imiphumela ye-missile, njengembobo ophahleni ngemuva kwendlu. “Angikhonondi, ngiyakuchazela nje,” usho kanje.

Naphezu kwakho konke, uKosorukov uyanqikaza ukuhamba. “Ngiphethe ingqalasizinda ebucayi. Sinomsebenzi lapha futhi ukaputeni kumele kube ngowokugcina ukuhamba,” usho kanje.

Kusukela ekuphatheni ama-invoyisi nezinsizakalo zeposi kuya phakathi kwama-drones namakhamera okubuka ebusuku

Akukhona nje ukuthi isimiso sakhe sithintekile yimpi, kodwa futhi nokuqukethwe kwamaphakheji. Ukwabelana ngebhili yebhange kuthathelwe indawo izibuko zamasosha zasebusuku. Okwakukade kungamakhadi kaKhisimusi manje sekungama-drones athwala amabhomu ukulwa namaRussia.

Ifoni iyakhala futhi isibonise isikrini: isithombe sesathelayithi esivela kwabezokuvikela base-Ukraine lapho bethole khona umcibisholo waseRussia. Endleleni yayo, ibheke ngaseMykolaiv. Sihlala sithule futhi u-Yehor ubheka esibhakabhakeni. Umzuzu wokuthula umqondisi ephula ngokuhonqa, ahlahle amehlo futhi enze isenzo sokuzindla. “Thula”, esho eqhubeka ehamba ebheke endaweni ephumayo ephelezelwa nguye. “Angikuthandi ukuthula, kungenza ngithuke,” esho ngaphambi kokuvalelisa.