Author: Dal Stanton
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6/23/2023 – No child should have conversations about the best place to hide during a missile attack
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 484): The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.Psalm 34:18 The hot weather adds to my emotional weariness, so I limit my checking news and focus on the tasks at hand. However, the reality of war keeps chasing you no matter how hard you…
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6/21/2023 – Devastating Impact of Kakhov Reservoir Destruction
From Euromaiden Press: The recent destruction of the Kakhov reservoir has resulted in a significant drop in water levels in Zaporizhzhia, averaging a staggering 2 meters, Radio Svoboda reported. The repercussions are evident, particularly in what is known as the “bottom beef.” The sudden influx of water directly into the Kakhov reservoir has caused the…
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6/22/2023 – Russia claims defending Ukraine was ‘terrorist activity’, passes 16-year sentence on former Ukrainian soldier
From Human Rights in Ukraine – Halya Coynash A Russian court has sentenced former Ukrainian soldier Denys Muryha to 16 years’ imprisonment on extraordinarily cynical charges A Russian court has sentenced former Ukrainian soldier Denys Muryha to 16 years’ imprisonment. The prosecution had claimed, and ‘judges’ from Russia’s notorious Southern District Military Court accepted, that…
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6/22/2023 – Russia weaponizes legislation to muddy the narrative around its war crimes in Ukraine
From Euromaiden Press: Russia weaponizes legislation to muddy the narrative around its war crimes in Ukraine, according to British Intel. On 20 June 2023, Russia’s parliament (Duma) voted to create a parliamentary committee to investigate alleged crimes committed by the Ukrainian government against juveniles in the Donbas region of Ukraine since 2014, British intelligence reported.…
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6/22/2023 – Contraband books…
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 483): The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;he frustrates the plans of the peoples.The counsel of the Lord stands forever,the plans of his heart to all generations.Psalm 33:10-11 We visited a local library today. Our son loves this activity and is happy there’s more time for…
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6/22/2023 – “When I tried to read something heavy I was asking myself why I should add heaviness of books on top of heaviness of our life…”
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (482nd day): I always loved to read. I often have at least two books going – I am reading one and listening to another one when I am doing house chores, processing photos or walking to the office. But when the war started for many months, probably till fall of…
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6/21/2023 – My today’s post may seem too fragmented, yet it reflects how I often feel…
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 482): You are a hiding place for me;you preserve me from trouble;you surround me with shouts of deliverance.Psalm 32:7 Such deliberate cruelty is beyond me. Today, the Russians shelled the location in Kherson, where the emergency workers were clearing the site off of silt brought in during the flooding.…
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6/20/2023 – “As one person, I cannot change the world, but I can change the world of one person.”
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 481): Blessed be the Lord, for he has wondrously shown his steadfast love to me when I was in a besieged city.Psalm 31:21 Over these past 16 months, we are often overwhelmed with the feeling that we are not doing enough. We desperately want to help bring liberation and…
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6/19/2023 – Fathers’ Day
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 480): For his anger is but for a moment,and his favor is for a lifetime.Weeping may tarry for the night,but joy comes with the morning.Psalm 30:5 It’s Father’s Day… Today, Russia killed a father and his 4-year-old son while shelling residential quarters in the Sumy region. The boy and…
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6/19/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
News from Ukraine From Lyuda Betina: Today we woke up to the sounds of a thunderstorm, at night there were similar sounds, but it was not a thunderstorm. Four rockets were fired at Odessa region this night, but praise the Lord, all of them were destroyed in the air by our air defense. It is…
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