Ngemuva kokuthi iWashington iyalele ukuthi kukhishwe imindeni yabasebenzi eNxusa laseMelika eMinsk, izakhamizi zase-US zelulekwa ukuthi zingayivakashi iBelarus, ngenxa yokusatshiswa kokuqondiswa ngamabomu abomthetho bendawo kanye nokwanda kokutholakala kwamasosha aseRussia ezweni.
UMnyango Wezwe wase-United States weluleka abantu baseMelika ukuthi "ikhono likahulumeni wase-US lokuhlinzeka ngezinsizakalo ezijwayelekile noma eziphuthumayo ezakhamuzini zase-US eBelarus selivele lilinganiselwe kakhulu ngenxa yemikhawulo kahulumeni waseBelarus ekuqashweni kweNxusa laseMelika."
Esazisweni esishicilelwe ku-inthanethi, i UMnyango WezoMbuso wase-US uyaxwayisa, “ungayi eBelarus ngenxa yokuphoqelelwa kwemithetho ngokungafanele, ubungozi bokuboshwa, nokungajwayelekile futhi ngokuphathelene nokwakhiwa kwamasosha aseRussia eduze komngcele waseBelarus ne-Ukraine. Cabangela kabusha uhambo ngenxa ye-COVID-19 kanye nemikhawulo yokungena ehlobene.”
IWashington iphinde yayalela ukuthi kuhoxiswe imindeni yezikhulu zezwe, isonto elilodwa ngemuva kokuthatha isinqumo esifanayo mayelana nomsebenzi wayo e-Ukraine.
Ephendula ezindabeni zokuphuma kwabantu eBelarus, umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezangaphandle waseBelarus waphikelela ngokuthi izwe lakhe "liphephe kakhulu futhi linomoya wokungenisa izihambi kune-US."
Umashiqela waseBelarus uLukashenko kanye nabalandeli bakhe sebegxekwe yizingqapheli zamazwe ngamazwe kanye nezinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu ngemuva kokuhlaselwa ngesihluku nokuchitheka kwegazi kwamaqembu aphikisayo kulandela imibhikisho emikhulu yasemgwaqweni eyaqala ngemva kokhetho lukamongameli olukhohlakele ngo-2020. Amaphoyisa abophe amakhulu ababhikishi. abahlukunyezwa futhi bashaywa kanzima emajele aseBelarusian afana namaGestapo futhi baqondise amalungu omndeni walabo abashiya izwe ngenxa yokwesaba ukuhlukunyezwa nokufa okungenzeka.
NgoJanuwari 23, uMnyango Wezwe umemezele ukuthi uzokhipha imindeni yabasebenzi eKiev, wabhala, "kunemibiko Russia uhlela impi enkulu ngokumelene ne-Ukraine. " IWashington yayike yafaka iseluleko sokuthi 'Ungahambi' e-Ukraine, icaphuna i-Covid kanye "nokwanda kwezinsongo ezivela Russia. "
I-US futhi yeluleka abantu baseMelika ukuthi bangayi Russia, ngenxa “yokungezwani okuqhubekayo emngceleni we-Ukraine, amathuba okuhlukunyezwa kwezakhamizi zase-US, amandla alinganiselwe ehhovisi lenxusa ukusiza izakhamizi zase-US eRussia, i-COVID-19 kanye nemikhawulo yokungena ehlobene, ubushokobezi, ukuhlukunyezwa yizikhulu zezokuphepha zikahulumeni waseRussia, kanye ukusetshenziswa ngokungafanele komthetho wendawo.”
