UZelensky uthi i-Ukraine ifuna ukuvuma ukuthi sizojoyina i-NATO

Rafael M. ManuecoLANDELA

Umzuliswano wesine wezingxoxo eziqale ngoMsombuluko phakathi kwezithunywa zaseRussia nezase-Ukraine zokuzama ukuvumelana ngokunqamuka kwezingxabano ziqale ngoLwesibili nge-videoconference. Izikhundla zibonakala zingenakulungiseka futhi ukuqhuma kwamabhomu akupheli. Kodwa-ke, emahoreni ambalwa adlule, izikhulu eziseduze nabaxoxisana zikhuluma "ngendlela" ethile.

Okwamanje, umongameli wase-Ukraine, uVolodymyr Zelensky, ukuqinisekisile ngoLwesibili emhlanganweni we-telematic nabaphathi bezempi abaphezulu be-Atlantic Alliance ukuthi izwe lakhe kuzofanele liyeke ukujoyina le bloc. “Sekucacile ukuthi i-Ukraine ayilona ilungu le-NATO. silalele Singabantu abaqondayo. Sekuphele iminyaka sizwa kuthiwa iminyango ibivuliwe kodwa sesibonile ukuthi ngeke singene,” kuzikhalela yena.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, inhloko yezwe lase-Ukraine yayijabule ngokuthi "abantu bethu bathi baqale ukuzama lokhu futhi bathembele emandleni abo kanye nosizo lwabalingani bethu." UZelensky uphinde wacela usizo lwezempi ku-NATO futhi udangele ukuthi le nhlangano iyaqhubeka "nokubeka kodwa" ekusungulweni kwendawo okungeyona indiza e-Ukraine ukuvimbela amabutho aseRussia ukuthi aqhubeke nokuqhumisa imicibisholo nokuqhumisa izindiza zabo. Uqinisekisile ukuthi i-Atlantic evinjiwe "kubonakala sengathi i-hypnotized ngenxa yobudlova baseRussia."

Mayelana nalokhu, uZelenski wamemezela ukuthi "sizwa izingxabano zithi iMpi Yezwe III ingaba uma i-NATO ivala isikhala sayo ezindizeni zaseRussia. Yingakho indawo yomoya yokusiza abantu ayizange idalwe phezu kwe-Ukraine; ngakho-ke, amaRussia angaqhumisa amadolobha, izibhedlela nezikole ngamabhomu”. Njengoba singekho ku-Alliance, "asiceli ukuthi i-Article 5 yeSivumelwano se-NATO yamukelwe (...), kodwa kuzodingeka ukuthi kwakhiwe amafomu amasha okuxhumana". Wagcizelela isidingo esinjalo, njengoba izindiza zaseRussia kanye nemicibisholo ingandizela eNtshonalanga, futhi wabhala ukuthi iRussia "ishaye imicibisholo engama-20 amakhilomitha ukusuka emingceleni ye-NATO futhi ama-drones ayo asefinyelele lapho."

ECrimea, eDonetsk naseLugansk

Umxoxisi omkhulu wase-Ukraine, uMijailo Podoliak, ugcizelele ekuqaleni kwezingxoxo ukuthi izwe lakhe "ngeke lenze isivumelwano mayelana nobuqotho bendawo", efuna ukukubeka kucace ukuthi, njengoba iMoscow ibifuna, iKyiv ngeke ibone iCrimea njengeRussia noma amaRiphabhulikhi ahlukene ase-Ukraine IDonetsk neLuhansk njengamazwe azimele. Kancane kancane izindawo zase-Ukraine ezithathwe amasosha aseRussia phakathi nomkhankaso wamanje, okuhlanganisa isifundazwe saseKherson kanye nomdweshu oxhuma iDonetsk neCrimea.

UPodoliak uthe osekuseqhulwini manje "ukuvumelana ngokumiswa kwezikhali kanye nokuhoxiswa kwamasosha aseRussia e-Ukraine." Futhi lapha umbuzo ngeke kube lula, ngoba kuyodingeka ukunquma ukuthi yiziphi izindawo i-Army yaseRussia okufanele ihambe mahhala. Umkhulumeli we-Kremlin uDmitri Peskov uthe ngoLwesibili "kusengaphambi kwesikhathi ukwenza isibikezelo" mayelana nomphumela ongase ube khona ochungechungeni lokuxhumana kanye nosuku lokuphela kwezingxoxo.

Ngakolunye uhlangothi, u-Oleksii Arestovich, umeluleki weHhovisi likaMongameli wase-Ukraine, umemezele ukuthi "kamuva ngoMeyi kufanele sifinyelele isivumelwano sokuthula, noma mhlawumbe ngokushesha okukhulu." Ummeleli waseRussia ku-UN uVasili Nebenzia wenza izimo zaseRussia ze-Ukraine: ukuchithwa kwezempi (lahla izikhali ezihlaselayo), ukuchithwa (ukuvinjelwa kwezinhlangano ze-neo-Nazi), kuqinisekiswe ukuthi i-Ukraine ngeke ibe usongo eRussia futhi ilahle ingxenye ye-NATO. UNebenzia kulokhu akashongo lutho ngeCrimea neDonbass, okuthi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uKyiv uyababona noma cha, bazoqhubeka nokugcina isimo sabo samanje ngaphandle kokulawulwa yiKyiv.