From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 642):
Why are you cast down, O my soul,
and why are you in turmoil within me? Hope in God;
for I shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.
Psalm 42:11
Thankfully, last night’s snowstorm left the territory of Ukraine, leaving behind broken power lines and snowed-in roads. We are grateful that it didn’t hit Kyiv as hard as expected.
I came across two reports today. In the first one, the UK Defense Intelligence stated that Russian casualties averaged 931 per day through the month of November, this being the highest rate of this invasion so far. This is insane! In the attempt to take over Avdiivka and present at least a semblance of victory, they have already lost dozens of thousands, and we can only guess how many lives of Ukrainian defenders they took! I wonder if anything in this world could stop them and make them reexamine what they are doing, having no mercy on their own.
Another report came from the Air Forces of Ukraine. They were finally at liberty to announce that back in May, they successfully downed 5 Russian aircraft vehicles within 5 minutes using Patriot systems. How many lives have been spared! I remember how we were begging the world leaders to shield our skies and provide Ukraine with air defense systems. It took them a while to hear our pleas, yet I shudder every time I read statistics after an air raid and imagine what could have happened if Ukraine hadn’t received this military aid. We are not taking it for granted!
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One year ago:
12/2/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lyuda (Day 282): Dear brothers and sisters, The second day of winter is cloudy and windy, we miss the sun. We are getting used to the long electricity outings. People buy gas cookers with small gas containers to be able to cook at home. We can read a lot of advice that people share in the nets how to make their buildings and apartments warmer, how to preserve food when refrigerators don’t work, etc.
I came to our apartment and had a chat with my neighbors. It’s nice that they are not depressed and ready for winter. Our town authorities promised to do everything to provide central heating to the apartment buildings. My neighbor, Marina, who loves growing flowers in our yard, is very sociable and knows all the news. She knows the needs of other neighbors is always ready to help. She told me that her memory is not very good, but she figured out how to deal with it. She makes notes and stick them to the furniture around it helps her not to forget what she planned to do. In summer when I talked to her she complained of bad sleep at night , she worried so much about air attacks. Now she sleeps better and feels calm.
We had a Bible study with our refugee group yesterday. We talked about sufferings and what Bible says about it. We had some good discussion, all our discussions were around the war situation. This topic causes many questions because the people in our group saw and experienced many hardships. A good comfort for them was verse Hebrews 13 5-6 “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.”
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