I-Ukraine yenze uhlaselo olungakaze lubonwe ngama-drone e-St. Petersburg nase-Krasnodar ngoJuni 6, 2026, usuku lokugcina le-Fórum Económico International elihlangene nabameleli bamazwe angaphezu kuka-130. Umongameli we-Ukraine, uVolodymyr Zelensky, uqinisekise ukuthi izinhloso zazihlanganisa indawo yokugcina uwoyela e-Krasnodar kanye nesizinda sezempi sasolwandle e-Kronstadt, esasihlaselwe ngoLwesithathu. Izikhulu zaseRussia zibize lokhu ngokuthi “akukaze kwenzeke,” futhi umbusi we-St. Petersburg, u-Alexander Beglov, uncome ukuthi izakhamuzi zingaphumi emakhaya — isinyathelo esingakaze senziwe selokhu kwaqala ukuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, ngokusho kwe-BBC.
Imininingwane yokuhlasela kanye nezibalo eziphikisanayo
Umbusi wesifunda saseLeningrad, u-Aleksandr Drozdenko, uthe izivikelo zomoya zaseRussia zidubule ama-drone angaphezu kuka-140 endaweni yase-St. Petersburg. Umyango Wezokuvikela waseRussia umemezele ukuthi ubanjiswe ama-drone angu-376 ebusuku, kodwa awuzange ucacise ukuthi mangaki afinyelela ezinhlosweni. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, i-Ukraine Armed Forces yathi yethula ama-drone angu-272, kwathi angu-249 adutshulwa, kodwa imithelela eyi-11 yabhalwa ezindaweni ezahlukene. Lokhu kungqubuzana phakathi kwezibalo kukhombisa ubunzima ekwenzeni isiqiniseko ngemiphumela yokuhlasela, osekuphenduke icebo elivame kakhulu le-Ukraine lokuletha impi emhlabeni waseRussia.
Ukuphawula komkhuzi wama-Ukraine
Umkhuzi wama-Ukraine, uYevhen Karas, utshele i-BBC ukuthi lo msebenzi wenziwa kalula. “Sindiza e-Russia sengathi semhlabeni wethu. Akukho ukumelana, akunzima ukushaya inhloso,” kusho yena. Lokhu kuphawula kusikisela ukuthi i-Ukraine ikwazile ukusebenzisa ubuthakathaka ezivikelweni zomoya zaseRussia, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezikude nendawo yempi. UZelensky uchaze ukuthi ama-drone ahambe amakhilomitha angu-1 000 ukuze afinyelele esizindeni sezempi sasolwandle i-Kronstadt, isizinda esikhulu somkhumbi wamaRussia e-Baltic, namakhilomitha angu-500 ukuze afinyelele esitokisini sikaphethiloli e-Krasnodar.
Imiphumela ephathekayo kanye nokuphendula kwezinyunyana
Ukuhlasela kudale umlilo endaweni eseduze nesitokisi sezikhali ngasesizindeni sezempi sasolwandle, okwaphoqa ukuthi kukhishwe abantu endaweni yasemakhaya. Ngokusho kwe-CNN, cishe abantu abangama-600 bathintekile ngenxa yokuhamba. Amalangabi aqhamuka endaweni okwakugcinwe khona izinto zempi, okwandisa ingozi yokuqhuma okulandelayo. Lesi simo asikalungiswa ngokuphelele yiziphathimandla zaseRussia, ezigcina indawo evikelekile endaweni. Lesi sehlakalo sibonisa umthelela oqondile wokuhlasela kwe-Ukraine kubantu baseRussia, into i-Kiev esebenzisa ukulobinola i-Moscow ukuthi ixoxe ngokuphela kwengxabano.
Ukukhula kokuhlasela okude ngesikhathi somnotho
I-Ukraine iye yanda izinyanga ezidlule ekuhlaseleni izakhiwo zikawoyela waseRussia, isebenzisa ama-drone amade anempumelelo, njengoba i-CNN ihlola. I-Wall Street Journal igcizelela ukuthi i-Kiev ikwazile kamuva ukuguqula isimo sempi emikhankasweni eminingi, ukumisa ukuhlasela kweRussia nokulimaza umkhiqizo wezokuvikela nomkhakha kawoyela. Lo mkhankaso uqhubeka ngesikhathi i-Fórum Económico International e-St. Petersburg, okwahamba nabameleli bamazwe angaphezu kuka-130, okwenza uhlaselo lube nokubaluleka okwengeziwe.
Izinkulumo zezombangazwe kanye nokuphikisana phakathi kwabaholi
UMongameli waseRussia, uVladimir Putin, wathi ngaphambi kwalokhu kuhlasela akaboni isizathu sokuhlangana noZelensky, ngemuva kokuba lo egubuzele incwadi evulekile ephakamisa umhlangano wokuqeda impi. UPutin ugcizelele ukuthi impi izophela kuphela uma izinhloso zeRussia zifeziwe. Ngokuphendula, uZelensky uthathe ithoni enesibindi, ebhala ukuthi “amaRussia ekugcineni aya ngokuya engakhululeki ngaleli qiniso — iqiniso lokuthi impi iletha imiphumela emibi kakhulu eRussia.” Umholi we-Ukraine wethula ukuhlasela njengokuziphindiselela “okufanele” ngenxa yokuqhuma kwamabhomu aseRussia kubantu nasezakhiweni zase-Ukraine. Wamangalela uPutin ngokuthi ufuna “ukuqhubeka nempela” futhi wenqaba iziphakamiso zokuthula ezingasho ukucwila kwe-Ukraine.
Ubukhulu bokuhlasela e-St. Petersburg — okuthathwa njengokubaluleke kakhulu kuleyo ndawo kusukela kwaqala impi — kubonisa ukuthi impi ingena esigabeni esisha. Ikhono le-Ukraine lokushaya izinhloso eziqhele amakhilomitha amakhulu licindezela i-Kremlin ukuthi iqinise ukuvikelwa kwezakhiwo ezibalulekile, kuyilapho umphakathi wamazwe ngamazwe ubuka ngokucophelela imiphumela. Lokhu kuhlasela kungenzeka kube nomthelela emizamweni yezingxoxo zesikhathi esizayo, njengoba i-Kiev iqhubeka nokukhombisa ukuthi impi ayikwazi ukugcinwa emhlabeni wase-Ukraine kuphela.