Author: Dal Stanton
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4/7/2023 – ‘Just the way the Nazis did’: Evidence suggests Russians are stealing art from Ukraine on a World War II scale
From NBC News by By Yasmine Salam and Dan De Luce: “Our research suggests that this looting is state-sponsored by Russia,” said a researcher at the Smithsonian Institution, which is preparing a report on the massive scale of the theft. Last fall, Ukrainian troops were closing in on Kherson, rolling back Russian forces who had…
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4/7/2023 – Carpe Diem – Seize the day!
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (406th day of ruzzzian invazion): Carpe Diem has always been one of my favorite life mottos. I know it’s sometimes attributed to hedonism philosophy. But to me, it means living life to the fullest and living it responsibly. Carpe Diem goes well with another quote that I like “What I…
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4/7/2023 – New York is one of the towns shelled daily by the Russian army…
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 407): But he raises up the needy out of afflictionand makes their families like flocks.Psalm 107:41 New York is one of the towns shelled daily by the Russian army. Yes, New York. I bet the world would go insane if they saw this headline in the media. However, New…
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6/7/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lyuda Betina (Day 408): News from Ukraine Dear brothers and sisters, Easter season is a special time when we come to the Lord and in our thoughts try to walk with Him the way to the cross. This is the time when thinking about His sacrificial love we give our hearts to Jesus with…
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4/5/2023 – Odesa added to UNESCO World Heritage list
From Euromaiden Press: Odesa Mayor Trukhanov, #UNESCO Director-General Azoulay opened a memorial plaque dedicated to the inclusion of the historical center of Odesa in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Overnight, Ukrainian air defense destroyed 14 out of 17 drones over the Odesa region. Zarina Zabrisky Apr 4 #UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay visited #Odesa for a…
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4/6/2023 – More parishes leave Moscow-based Ukrainian Orthodox Church amid growing pressure, anger, and chaos
From Euromaiden Press: Church life continues to be a focal point of conflict in Ukraine as cases of churches changing their affiliation from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church under the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC MP) to the independent Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) snowball amid what the UOC MP calls religious persecution. Here is your guide to…
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4/6/2023 – Putin fosters conditions for further repressions in the occupied territories
From Euromaiden Press: Editor’s note: Referring to statements made by the Russian President during a meeting with Russia’s National Security Council on 5 April, the US-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) asserts that Putin is likely laying the groundwork for further repressions and law enforcement crackdowns in occupied territories of Ukraine.…
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4/6/2023 – “Save us, O Lord our God,and gather us from among the nations….”
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 406): Blessed are they who observe justice,who do righteousness at all times!Psalm 106:3 I think it was back in December when war analytics were making prognoses about the new campaigns of 2023. They expected a massive Russian attack when the ground would be frozen in February. However, February had…
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4/6/2023 – ‘He’s a war criminal’: Elite Putin security officer defects
From AP News By ERIKA KINETZ: LONDON (AP) — On Oct. 14, a Russian engineer named Gleb Karakulov boarded a flight from Kazakhstan to Turkey with his wife and daughter. He switched off his phone to shut out the crescendo of urgent, enraged messages, said goodbye to his life in Russia and tried to calm…
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4/6/2023 – ‘My country has fallen out of time’: Russian author Mikhail Shishkin’s letter to an unknown Ukrainian
Posted from NewsBreak by The Guardian: My dearest one, They stole the language from us. We spoke and corresponded with you in the language of great Russian literature. Now, for the whole world, Russian is the language of those who bomb Ukrainian cities and kill children, the language of war criminals, the language of murderers.…
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