Voice of Ukraine

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 498):

We have thought on your steadfast love,
O God, amid your temple.
Psalm 48:9

Last night, it was about 2 am when we woke up from the sound of sirens. We went back to sleep, but in the morning, we found out that Russia had attacked Lviv, one of the westernmost cities in Ukraine, with Kalibr missiles. Our air-defense forces shot down 7 out of 10 because they followed a tricky route. In the aftermath of the attack, 6 people died (the oldest was 95 years old), over 250 apartments in 30 buildings, and 10 dorms were destroyed. That was the largest attack on civil infrastructure in Lviv.

However, there were several amazing testimonies from the Ukrainian Catholic University, whose campus is located across the road from the attack site. Here are the words of one of its alumni and former staff, “Since we have five children, including a baby, we couldn’t go to the shelter. We used the two-wall rule and waited in the corridor. Then one quite powerful explosion occurred, followed by another, even more severe one. […] We instinctively ran to seek shelter in the Church of St. Sophia on campus. On the way to the church, there was a third impact. We fell to the ground, and I physically felt the shockwave, although we were already quite far away. After the alert ended, people came out in the middle of the night to see how their students, how the campus was… Thank God that my family is alive, we are all safe. All that remains is to pray for the victims.” There are more stories of God’s faithfulness.

Today, 45 POWs returned home.

Also, our intelligence services said the risk of deliberate explosion at the Zaporizhzhia NPP is decreasing thanks to the great international attention to the object. And I know it was thanks to the thousands of prayers uttered worldwide.

God is good. Let us pray for more miracles and deliverance.