Author: Dal Stanton
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4/10/2023 – Deportation as a crime: how human rights defenders document evidence and help Ukrainians escape Russia
From Euromaiden Press: Russia is thought to have deported roughly 1 million Ukrainians from territories they occupied, including 16,000 children. We talk to the human rights activists who collect evidence of this war crime and help deported Ukrainians escape. Continue Reading
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4/10/2023 – Christ is risen!
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 410): Christ is risen! Easter is the feast of the greatest hope. It is about the victory of life over death, victory of Light over darkness, and victory of hope over despair. It is about God revealing His majesty and power and restoring His justice. It is about everlasting…
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4/10/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – helping a struggling soldier
From Lyuda Betina ( Day 411): Dear brothers and sisters, Christ has risen! It’ wonderful to proclaim this news again and again. We rejoice with the churches who celebrated yesterday and prepare to celebrate this holiday this weekend. We had a busy weekend. On Saturday we had a call from emergency service, they told that…
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4/9/2023 – Ukrainian children rescued
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 409): Help me, O Lord my God! Save me according to your steadfast love! Let them know that this is your hand; you, O Lord, have done it!Psalm 109:26-27 Today, 31 Ukrainian children kidnapped by the Russians from Kherson and Kharkiv regions have finally reunited with their families. Most…
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4/8/2023 – Ruins of school
From Euromaiden Press: 12-year-old Anna Skiban surveys the ruins of her former classroom, standing where her desk was. Russian forces bombed Chernihiv School No. 21 on March 4, 2022.
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4/8/2023 – Artist of the Kyiv opera dies in the Donbas frontline
From Euromaiden Press: Kostiantyn Starovytskyi, the conductor at the Ukrainian National Opera in Kyiv, died while defending the country in the Donbas frontline He left behind his daughter Eva, his wife Snizhana, and his old mother. Kostiantyn Starovytskyi, the artist of the Ukrainian National Opera in Kyiv, died while defending the country in the Donbas…
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4/8/2023: Remembering
From Euromaiden Press: The dream of one brave young man will continue to live on and make Ukraine a better, greener place. Semen Oblomei, who turned 22 on June 13, was killed by an aerial bomb on the front line in Sievierodonetsk on June 21. He took up arms even though he had a passion…
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4/8/2023 – “Do not be afraid for you have found favor with God”
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 408): And his mercy is for those who fear himfrom generation to generation.Luke 1:50 Easter has always been a time of reflection for me. I even appreciate the difference in calendars (Ukraine follows the Eastern Orthodox calendar and will celebrate Easter on April 16) as it gives me a…
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4/7/2923 – Kremlin has made defending Moscow Patriarchate key part of Russian foreign policy, Russian expert says
From Euromaiden Press: In a major change from the past, religious expert Roman Lunkin says, the Kremlin’s new Foreign Policy Concept paper makes “Orthodoxy part of Russian foreign policy,” although he says that the new document is silent on how Moscow will realize this or prevent the government’s involvement from backfiring, especially in the West.…
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