Ɖ Gardịn vy on ɖ G20 n s’portñ Ycren: ste on cors
(Transcription of a Guardian editorial of 16 Nov. 2022)
Ruśn misîlstrîcs r intndd t terrîz Ycren’z sviłnz n mc its bacrz ʈnc agn. Ɖe śd nt b caud
Wnzde 16 Nvmbr 2022
Vḷdīmir Pūtin’z absns fṛm ɖ G20 sumit in Bāli, n ɖ wev upn wev v misîlz ɖt struc Ycren on Tyzde nît, r bʈ tsṭmnt t ɖ Ruśn prezidnt’s fełr. Mosco rmenz dipḷmaticli îṣletd bî a larj part v ɖ inṭnaśnl cḿṇti, n its trūps cntiny t lūz on ɖ batlfīld – most rīsntli evidnst bî last wīc’s rtrit fṛm Hersón, ɖ onli mejr siti ɖt ɖe hd manijd t capćr. Mr Pūtin lost hiz gambl ɖt h cd dfeṇstret ɖ Ycreńn guvnmnt in Febrri, n h z stl luzñ.
Hiz rspons z t terrîz sviłnz wns mor. Ptñ Serge Sŭrovīcin, ɖ man hu oṿsw ɖ dstrux́n v Alepo n uɖr Sirịn sitiz, in ćarj v ɖs wor emḟsîzz ɖt ɖ straṭji z t max̣mîz suḟrñ n grînd dǎn mrāl. Az ɖ foṛn secṛtri, Jemz Clevrli, tld MPz on Wnzde: “W nǒ ẃt Pūtin intndz t d – t starv n frīz ɖ Ycreńnz intu sbmiśn.”
Ruśa’z dlibṛt tarġtñ v ɖ eṇji infṛstrucćr hz stept p az ɖ bitr wintrweɖr sets in: mor ɖn 40% v it – includñ trnzmiśnlînz, pǎrsteśnz n pîplînz – hz bn damijd or dstroid olrdi. Ɖo er dfnsz hv hlpt t śīld sm fsiḷtiz, n Ycren z cariyñ ǎt rperz at rmarcbl spīd, ɖ impact hz bn svir, wɖ miłnz livñ wɖ rolñ blacǎts or loñ-trm los v pǎr. Tyzde’z atacs olso hîlîtd ɖ ongwñ riscs v esc̣leśn, az a misîl landd in Poḷnd, cilñ tū v its sitiznz. Ɖo ɖt nǎ apirz t hv bn fîrd bî Ycreńn er dfnsz, Ruśa berz ɖ ultiṃt rsponsbiḷti fr ɖoz deʈs.
Its strîcs wr in part a rpost t Vlodimir Zelensci’z spīć t ẃt h cōld ɖ “G19”. H sòt t portre himslf az a man hu wontd a dīl – bt strest ɖt a sīsfîr wd onli b poṣbl ẃn Ruśn trūps left Ycreńn sôl. Ɖt foloud rports ɖt ɖ YS hz rjd Cyīv t at līst signl an opņis t ngośieśnz, rflectñ Wośñtn’z cnsrn abt “donr ftīg” in Yṛp, n public rmarcs bî Jén. Marc Mile. Ɖ ćermn v ɖ YS jônt ćīfs v stāf sjstd ɖt an ǎtrît vicṭri fr Ycren wz ǎt v rīć n ɖt ɖ oṗtyṇti t ngośiet śd b sizd – coments ɖt ɖ Bîdn admiṇstreśn hz sins pleid dǎn. Ɖs wīc, ɖ prezidnt asct Congres fr anɖr $37.7bn t s’port Ycren.
Bt ɖ atacs olso enśurd ɖt ɖ crîsis doṃnetd a sumit ẃć ɖ host, Inḍnīźa, hd orijiṇli hopt wd foc̣s on clîṃtbrecdǎn n on ɖ brōdr iśuz v fūd n eṇji s’kṛti. India hz groun mor criticl, n Ćîna apirz t b éjñ awe fṛm Ruśa in sm rgardz – or at līst sīcñ t gv ɖ impreśn v dwñ so – bt funḍmnṭli, Bêźñ z stl trayñ t stradl irecnsîḷbl inṭrests. It wl nt trn its bac on its partnr. Ɖ misîlz wr a clir ćalinj t Cyīv’z s’portrz: r y riyli wilñ t cīp porñ yr muni intu a wor ɖt śoz no sînz v endñ, wɖ costs mǎntñ az yr ǒn sitiznz fes spîṛlñ prîsz n ɖ ʈret v eṇji blacǎts?
Ruśa’z brūtl erwor psists bcz its orijinl straṭji feld, n feld nt onli dy t xtrordnri Ycreńn rziłns, bt olso t ɖ rmarcbl levlz v s’port ɖt Cyīv hz rsivd fṛm ǎtsd. Ɖoz standñ agnst Mosco’z agreśn śd nt alǎ Mr Pūtin t dstract ɖm, bt ste on cors.
