From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 720):
Deliver me, O Lord,
from lying lips,
from a deceitful tongue.
Psalm 120:2
While Ukraine waits for the vote on military aid from the US House of Representatives, many people keep discussing Putin’s interview and admire his memory and knowledge of history. In yesterday’s post, I encouraged you to check the sources before believing something. I must admit, I didn’t listen to Putin’s interview (I believe I don’t deserve this torture), and the claims I saw online seemed too ridiculous to deny. However, I realize that those claims might seem ridiculous to me because of my knowledge of Ukrainian history, yet they might sound reasonable to someone whose school curriculum did not include the History of Ukraine (for obvious reasons). I don’t think I would have the energy to confront the main fallacies from that interview in writing, which is why I was glad to have come across an article by Timothy Snyder (see the link in the comments). Being a historian, he takes you through the major periods in the history of Ukraine – from Scythians, the Kyivan Rus (circa 1000 AD), and Mongol invasions (13th century) to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Cossacks, and the Russian Empire (that only came around in 18th century), to the more modern events of the 20th century (Soviet Union period and WWII). The article includes an extensive bibliography, so once again, you are welcome to check the sources. Yes, it may be a long read, but it shows the power of truth. Please, check out this article if you or someone you know are interested in learning the true history of Ukraine.
The current history of Ukraine is being written every day by incredible people. The Kharkiv, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Kherson regions are attacked daily, with more and more civil infrastructure (power stations, schools, hospitals, residential buildings) being destroyed. Yet truth will prevail.
(Admin: The Timothy Snyder article can be found here: https://voice-of-ukraine.com/2024/02/13/2-13-2024-putins-genocidal-myth-timothy-snyder/)
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2 responses to “2/14/2024 – “Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue…” – Putin interview”
An appropriate scripture to describe the situation! May God keep Ukraine safe and make it victorious!
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One year ago-
February 16 (Day 358): Dear brothers and sisters, We are having a good morning but at night there was alarm all over Ukraine and more than 30 rockets were flying to our territory. Many of them were destroyed but there were hits in some parts of the country. A Russian ship fired 8 missiles from the Black Sea to our southern area and all these missiles were destroyed in the air by our air defense. God protects us.
Our little town leads it’s quiet life. There are less cars and less people in the streets, not many children around but the life is going on. Our two main factories work . There is a big shoe factory that used to produce nice shoes, now it turned into sewing factory and makes clothes and boots for our army.
We have a big bread factory that bakes bread and pastries for our area. The people who work there still have their jobs. It’s hard for people who were involved in a beach business, worked in the hotels and restaurants. There is no work and no income.
Our local market is a popular place to buy food because everything is cheaper there than in the stores. And when the buyer does not come to the market, the market comes to the buyer. Some people sell fruits and vegetables in residential areas right in the streets. It helps them to earn some money and people who live there don’t have to go very far to buy what they need.
Among our church members there are a lot of retired people, the pension they receive is not enough and many of them still work. Larisa, the elderly lady from our church sells nuts at the market. She is very sociable and enjoys to be around people. She can share her faith very naturally and talks to many people every day.
I found out that Oksana, the woman that I met in our church few weeks ago, has a mental problem and her situation is not as bad as she sees it. That’s good. I am glad that she comes to the church where we can accept her, give her love and feeling of safety.
Sergey visited Nadya’s children yesterday and brought them the food that our women cooked for them. They are doing well and take care of themselves.
We hope the rest of our day will be peaceful. We send you our greetings!
In Christ,
Lyuda
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