Author: Dal Stanton
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11/28/2024 — Have a Blessed Thanksgiving and Please Pray!

Please pray for a just end to the war. PRAYER REQUESTS1. Russia’s huge attacks over the past weeks on Odessa and Kyiv specifically, but other cities as well: Yesterday there was no water, heat, or electricity in Odessa. Pray particularly as they anticipate the impact of this for winter. Most people are using generators 8…
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11/27/2024 — Russia’s evolving information war poses a growing threat to the West

From: Atlantic Council By Kateryna Odarchenko, Elena Davlikanova A number of Western officials and security agencies have recently warned of the growing challenges posed by Russian hybrid warfare. This threat is not new, of course. The Kremlin has long been engaged in acts of hybrid aggression against the West, with information warfare playing a central role in…
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11/27/2024 — Putin’s Ukraine obsession began 20 years ago with the Orange Revolution

From: Atlantic Council By Peter Dickinson This month marks the twentieth anniversary of Ukraine’s Orange Revolution. When protests over a rigged presidential election first erupted in downtown Kyiv on November 22, 2004, few observers could have imagined that they were witnessing the opening act in a geopolitical drama that would eventually lead to the largest European…
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11/27/2024 — Europe is under attack from Russia. Why isn’t it fighting back?

Western countries have shied away from reacting to Kremlin acts of sabotage and terror. From: Politico By LAURA KAYALI, DIRK BANSE, WOLFGANG BÜSCHER, ULRICH KRAETZER, UWE MÜLLERand CHRISTIAN SCHWEPPE Illustrations by Ricardo Tomás for POLITICO If not for a delay in a connecting flight, the incendiary bomb would likely have burst into flames in the belly of a plane flying high…
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11/27/2024 — A letter from Jon Eide MTW Ukraine Country Director

Dear all, Today marks 1000 days of war. The full scale invasion, and subsequent war has been all encompassing for the country. It’s on the scale of having a 9/11 attack in the US … weekly. For example, the Ukrainian public has been subject to 11,466 Russian missiles since the war began.[1] That…
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11/27/2024 — Tips For Better Sleep

From: Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (1007th day) A few days ago, I started tracking the quality of my sleep using my smartwatch. So far, my device has yet to be impressed with my sleeping. As a chronic “achiever,” I am a bit discouraged 🙂 by my low scores and seeing a red diamond with an…
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11/27/2024 —Oh grant us help against the foe, for vain is the salvation of man!

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 1007 – 3933 days since the occupation of Crimea) Oh grant us help against the foe,for vain is the salvation of man!With God we shall do valiantly;it is he who will tread down our foes.Psalm 108:12-13 The past few nights included drone attacks. To be honest, I was too…
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11/26/2024 — What is a long-range missile? – The hysteria about ATACMS and Storm Shadow

From: Anders Puck Neilsen
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11/26/2024 — Russia Prepares for Ukrainian Airborne Assault in Crimea as Partisans Highlight Growing Defenses

Ukrainian partisans report that Russia is preparing for a Ukrainian airborne landing in Yevpatoria, Crimea From: Kyiv Post by Kateryna Zakharchenko Ukrainian partisans reported that Russia is expecting a Ukrainian airborne landing in Yevpatoria, on the west coast of Russian-occupied Crimea. An agent of the “Atesh” partisan movement, from the Yevpatoria National Guard of Russia (Rosgvardia),…
