By Umngane, Agasti 14, 2025
U-Yurii Sheliazhenko ukhuluma no-Matthew Syed we-BBC ngohlelo lwe-Radio 4 Sideways.
UmQuaker e-Ukraine utshele i-BBC ngobunzima bakhe bokwenqaba ukujoyina umbutho wezempi wezwe.
U-Yurii Sheliazhenko, woMhlangano Wabangane osanda kumiswa e-Ukraine, uhlala e-Kyiv. Ukhuluma noMatthew Syed we-BBC weRadio 4 Ngaphandle Uhlelo, lochungechunge oluncane olunesihloko esithi 'Chasing Peace'.
U-Yurii, oneminyaka engamashumi amane nantathu, wakhula phakathi nokuphela kwempi yamakhaza. Ngemva kokuwa kweSoviet Union 'kwabonakala kungalungile kimi ukuthi sasisenebutho, futhi sisalungiselela impi'. Unqume ngo-2019 ukuthi uzohlala engumuntu owenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza (CO).
Utshela u-Matthew Syed – umkhulu wakhe owayengomunye wabangama-60,000 abenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza empini yezwe yesibili – ukuthi 'wayehlale ephupha ngokuthula'. Inkolo yakhe yamaQuaker, 'eyaphikisana namakhulu eminyaka', yamenza wakholelwa ukuthi 'uma ubulala umuntu, ubulala kaNkulunkulu okukubo'.
Ngemva kokuqala kwempi, uthi, 'Kwafika amasosha amathathu emzini wami futhi azama ukungibizela ebuthweni. Ngenqaba ukuyithatha. Baphule ibhokisi lami lokuposa ukuze balifake. Kamuva ngalishisa ikhadi lami lokubuthelwa empini, ngoSuku Lomhlaba Wonke Lwabenqaba Ngenxa Kanembeza.'
Esikhundleni salokho wabhala isicelo sokuthula, egxeka ubudlova baseRussia kodwa efuna isinqumo esinokuthula, ecaphuna ilungelo eligunyazwe yiZizwe Ezihlangene lokwenqaba ukubulala. Wayithumela kumongameli, uVolodymyr Zelenskyy.
Incwadi yakhe yahunyushwa njengosongo ekuvikelekeni kwezwe, futhi, ngemva konyaka impi iqalile, iziphathimandla zangena emzini wakhe. Njengoba kubikwe ku uMngane ngonyaka odlule, wabekwa icala 'lokuthethelela ubudlova baseRussia', futhi wavalelwa endlini encane.
Ilungelo lokwenqaba ukuya empini ngenxa kanembeza liqinisekiswa ngokomthetho-sisekelo e-Ukraine, kodwa isicelo sakho sivinjelwe ngesikhathi sempi. Inketho yenkonzo ehlukile ayizange itholakale ngemva kokumenyezelwa komthetho wezempi ngo-2022. I-War Resisters' International ithi amakhulukhulu amacala asalinde ama-CO, nesigwebo esiphezulu seminyaka emithathu kuya kwemihlanu.
U-Yurii utshela uMatthew Syed 'ngokuqaphela kwakhe kungazelelwe' ukuthi ukukhetha ukuthula kwakumenze isitha. Lokhu 'kwakudabukisa kakhulu', kodwa 'udinga ukuhlala uthembekile esimweni sakho esinokuthula… ngeke ngivumele noma ubani angiphoqe ukuba ngibulale'.
USyed uyavuma ukuthi le ndlela 'inzima ukuzungeza ikhanda lakho' kodwa uyabona, ngomkhulu wakhe, ukuthi akuwona umphumela wobugwala. Kulesi siqephu ubuye akhulume no: Rachel Julian, uprofesa we-Peace Studies e-Leeds Beckett University; Wasim Almasri, umqondisi wezinhlelo ze-Alliance for Middle East Peace; kanye no-Lisa Schirch, uprofesa we-Practice of Technology and Peacebuilding e-University of Notre Dame.
Uhlelo luzodlala kuRadio 4 ngomhla zingama-30 kuJulayi. Iyatholakala manje ku https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002g7b9.
