Wahi a nā mea kākau IIohana, ke piʻi nui ʻana i nā kumukūʻai ʻohi ma ka mākeke home o Ukraine ua hoʻonāukiuki i ka ulu maoli ʻana. I kahi pule ma mua, ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe kālepa mai Kazakhstan a me Uzbekistan e hāpai i nā ʻala i Ukraine, a ma ka hopena o ka hebedoma i hala aku nei, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā ʻolika mai Netherlands a ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Rūsia.
"ʻOiai ʻo ka nui o nā kumukūʻai ʻaka on Russia e ulu nui nei hoʻi, kokoke ʻelua mau manawa ke kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai ma Ukraine, kahi e hiki ai ke hoʻokuʻu aku i nā ʻaka mai Russia a hiki i Ukraine. Kūpono loa kēia i ke kua o nā lako mau o ka uala Lūkia i ka mākeke o Ukraine, no ka mea hiki i nā mea kālepa like ke hāʻawi i nā ʻakaʻaka kekahi,
"Eia nō naʻe, nui nā hoʻopiʻi maikaʻi e pili ana i nā aniani Lūkini, no laila ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo ʻo ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā ʻaka mai Lūkia e nui loa, no ka mea hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai i kahi huahana maikaʻi ma ka like a me ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa ma Netherlands a me Polani paha. Eia hou, ke noi nei nā mea hoʻolako mai Uzbekistan no ʻekolu mau manawa ka liʻiliʻi no kā lākou ʻaka, a ʻoi aku ka pipiʻi o nā mea kūʻai aku i nā mea kanu mai Kazakhstan. A ʻoi aku ka nui o nā loiloi pipiʻi e hana hoihoi i kēlā mau hāʻawi no ka mākeke Ukraine, ”i ʻōlelo ʻo Andriy Yarmak.