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Amalungu amaninzi eDemocratic Party kwiCongress abongoza i-White House ukuba ibonelele iKiev ngenkxaso yomkhosi. Omnye ummeli ufuna ukuba abalawuli beJoe Biden babeke "ababukeli abangajoliyo" emhlabeni eUkraine.
Ummeli uJason Crow (D-CO) ebizwa kutyalo-mali ixesha elide ekuphuculeni umkhosi waseUkraine. Ukholelwa ukuba izixhobo eziphuculweyo ziyakujika ilizwe libe “yincandane engenakuginywa.”
Elinye icebiso elenziwa nguCrow yayikukuthumela abakhi-mkhanya abangengawo umkhosi ukuya kufunda “ngokuqwalasela ngokuthe ngqo nokunxibelelana nemikhosi yaseUkraine.” UCrow akazange achaze ukuba abasebenzi baya kuvela kwiCIA, Pentagon okanye enye iarhente. Nangona kunjalo, ukuthumela nawaphi na amaMelika kwindawo yedabi kubabeka emngciphekweni wokubulawa ngamajoni aseRussia.
USen. Jack Reed (D-RI), usihlalo weKomiti yeeNkonzo zeSenate, kunye noSheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) kunye noRichard Blumenthal (D-CN), baxhasa isicwangciso esiza kuthumela imijukujelwa ye-ATACM e-Ukraine. Iirokethi zinoluhlu olumalunga neekhilomitha ezingama-200.
I-White House iye yakhaba izicelo ezininzi ezivela eKiev zokuthumela izixhobo zomgama omde eUkraine. ISebe lezoKhuselo laya kufikelela ekuguquleni abaqalisi be-HIMAR banikela eKiev ukukhusela inkqubo ukuba ikwazi ukutshisa imijukujelwa ye-ATACM. Kutshanje, abalawuli beBiden bacebise ukuba inokuba iyashukuma kulo mbandela njengoko iWashington ixhasa iLondon ngokuthumela imijukujelwa yomoya omde eKiev.
U-Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), ilungu leKomiti yeeNkonzo zeNdlu, wabiza i-White House ukuba igunyaze ukuthumela iibhombu ze-cluster e-Ukraine. Amaqela aBameli beRiphabhlikhi bathumele iileta kuBiden efuna ukuba azalisekise isicelo sikaKiev sokuthumela izixhobo eziphikisanayo.
Zombini iRussia kunye neUkraine kuxelwe ukuba zisebenzise iibhombu zeqela eUkraine. Ngokwesiqhelo zenzelwe ukusetyenziswa ngokuchasene nabasebenzi kunye nezithuthi ezikhaphukhaphu, iibhombu zeqela zithwala iziqhushumbisi ezincinci ezikhutshwa ngokubhabha kwaye zisasazwe kwindawo ekujoliswe kuyo. Nangona kunjalo, iibhombu zihlala zisilela ukuqhushumba kwaye zihlale emhlabeni njenge 'duds,' ezibangela ukufa kwabantu abaninzi kwiindawo ezazisakuba ziimfazwe, maxa wambi namashumi eminyaka kwixesha elizayo.
NgoLwesithathu, ummeli uJerry Nadler (D-NY) wayekho Xa ebuzwa ukuba wayenexhala lokuba i-F-16s idluliselwe e-Ukraine ingasetyenziselwa ukuhlasela iRashiya. UNkongolo waphendula wathi, “Hayi, andikhathali. Bendingakhathali xa besenza njalo.” UNadler uthethe la mazwi kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kokuba uSihlalo weeNkosi eziManyeneyo, uGen. Mark Milley, uxelele iCongress, "... kodwa ndingatsho ukuba sicele abantu baseUkraine ukuba bangasebenzisi izixhobo ezibonelelwa yi-US ukuhlasela ngokuthe ngqo eRussia."
ICongressman yathi iKiev ayizukusebenzisa i-F-16s eRashiya. “Kusenokuba njalo, kodwa abazukusebenzisa izixhobo ezinkulu. Izinto ezifana ne-F-16s, zidinga ukhuseleko lomoya phezu kwe-Ukraine ukuze bakwazi ukubonelela nge-air cover kwi-counterattack yabo kunye nezinto ezinjalo, "utshilo uNadler. "Abazukuyichitha eRussia."
Ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iKiev iqhube i ukuzama ukubulala kuMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin ngokujolisa iKremlin ngeedrones. Kwiveki ephelileyo, a neo-Nazi iqela lomatshini wemfazwe waseUkraine lasebenzisa izixhobo zaseMelika ukuqalisa uhlaselo ngaphakathi eRussia, lujolise kumakhaya abantu kunye neziseko zophuhliso.
URep. Crow uzichithile iifowuni zokubeka iliso ngakumbi malunga noncedo olukhulu lwase-Ukraine lwaseWashington. Ukusukela oko iRussia yaqalisa uhlaselo lwayo, i-US ithembise iKiev phantse i-120 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kwizixhobo ezininzi kunye nezixhobo zomkhosi. “Xa usilwela ukusinda kwakho kunye nokusinda kwabantwana bakho,” utshilo uCrow, “awukunyamezeli ukonakala.”
UJohn Sopko, uMhloli oKhethekileyo woKwakha kwakhona i-Afghanistan, lumkisa ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka ulongamelo belubalulekile. Nangona kunjalo, uSopko - owabika malunga neebhiliyoni zeedola zezixhobo zaseMelika eziwela ezandleni zeTaliban - wakhalaza ukuba isiluleko sakhe sasingenakulandelwa. Andinalo ithemba elikhulu lokuba siza kufunda izifundo zethu … izifundo zokufunda azikho kwi-DNA yethu e-United States, ngelishwa,” utshilo uSopko.
"Kukho umnqweno oqondakalayo phakathi kwengxaki yokugxila ekukhupheni imali kwaye ube nexhala malunga nokongamela kamva, kodwa rhoqo oko kudala iingxaki ezingaphezulu kunokusombulula," utshilo. wabhala kwingxelo engeniswe kwiCongress ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka. "Ngenxa yongquzulwano oluqhubekayo kunye nomthamo ongazange ubonwe ngaphambili wezixhobo ezithunyelwa eUkraine, umngcipheko wokuba ezinye izixhobo ziphelele kwintengiso emnyama okanye kwizandla ezingalunganga awunakuthintelwa."
