From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (629th day): It might be hard for a contemporary person to imagine the impact of the invasion and occupation of the hostile army – it’s something most people know only from movies.
Imagine locust swarms devastating crops and causing major agricultural damage, which can lead to famine and starvation. When some area of Ukraine is liberated from ruzzian invaders it’s much like after an invasion of locusts. When people are able to return to their homes they find them not only damaged and vandalized but also robbed of everything, starting from cloths and utensils and finishing with agricultural tools and equipment. Destruction of infrastructure takes months to repair – the whole villages stay without electricity and gas for months. The land is saturated with landmines and farming becomes a very dangerous activity.
But anyway, when “locust” is gone, people return to their homes, and try to rebuild, restore, and replant. It had taken some of them a lifetime to get to where they were – small farmers, who stone after stone built their own homes, owned some basic agricultural equipment and lived off the land. It was all taken away in just a few months of ruzzian occupation. Now many are starting from nothing.
Uman Church Resurrection of Christ continues faithfully helping people in the Kherson region with food and supplies. Our Kyiv church joins when we can. Here are some photos from Uman volunteer team humanitarian aid trip to the south of Ukraine, distributing shoes and warm jackets to kids, pots/pans, detergent, other supplies and food to adults.
Voice of Ukraine 
One response to “11/15/2023 – It might be hard for a contemporary person to imagine the impact of the invasion and occupation of the hostile army – it’s something most people know only from movies…”
In the Bible, the book of Joel describes such an invasion (of insects, devouring locusts and caterpillers). Lamentations describes the realities of “women raped, elders hung up by their hands.” We can read these descriptions and know that our experiences are not unique: and the One Who rules all things is the same now as in the days when Habbakuk sang: “Though the fig tree does not blossom and there are no grapes on the vine; though the flocks perish and the barns are empty, yet I will rejoice in YHWH! I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!”
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