Author: Dal Stanton
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2/24/2023 – One year: The true face of ruzzia and its “brotherly love” for Ukraine

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (365th day of ruzzian invasion): Ukrainian and Western media is full of articles that are processing the events of the past 365 days of full ruzzian invasion into Ukraine. This invasion is a part of a 9 year old war that started with annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and…
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2/24/2023 – “A year ago today, I….”

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 365): O you who hear prayer,to you shall all flesh come.Psalm 65:2 It is amazing how your memory chooses to keep some ordinary events that didn’t mean much at the moment. For example, the first weeks of the war are a blur. I don’t remember anything specific from days…
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2/24/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Unspeakable pain, unshed tears, suffering and hellish horror, but God was present
From Lyuda Betina (Day 366): Dear brothers and sisters, Today we look back and see 365 days and nights that merged into one continuous day – February 24.Unspeakable pain, unshed tears, suffering and hellish horror. Today we all in our thoughts return to this day a year ago. That day Sergey and I were woken…
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2/23/2023 – Family Day in Odesa

From Snezhana Kadian in Odesa: There is a tension which comes from this date – a year of the war. But today I want to tell you about something good. We had an event in our church Covenant of Grace in the northern part of Odesa. We invited all the single mothers with kids we…
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2/23/2023 – Mariupol one year ago (VIDEO)
From Doug Shepherd in L’viv: Ukraine, Mariupol exactly one year ago. Citizens are singing the Ukrainian anthem. It is safe to assume that many in this video are dead because of Russians. Continue to video
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2/23/2023 – 9 years ago I wrote: “There is a name for what Putin wants to do, and it is genocide”

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 364): Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint;preserve my life from dread of the enemy.Psalm 64:1 A year ago today, my son and I were recovering from a cold. We went for a walk in the neighborhood – the weather was sunny and warm, and you could sense…
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2/23/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky – One year ago tomorrow
From Lyuda Betina (Day 365): Dear brothers and sisters, Tomorrow it will be a year, we lived through three hundred sixty five days of the war. The year was very long. When it just started there was a hope that it will not last long, the war should be over soon and we expected it…
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2/22/23 – Are you a tourist or running from war?

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (363rdday of ruzzian invasion): I am sharing a train compartment with a young mother traveling with 2,5 year old son. Question from Polish customs officer: are you a tourist or running from war? Just think about it! This question is being asked on a train going between two countries in…
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2/22/2023 – Destabilization of Moldova

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 363): Because your steadfast love is better than life,my lips will praise you.Psalm 63:3 According to a recent poll, 95% of respondents believe in Ukraine’s victory. We were convinced of this even last spring, but I guess we all long to know when this victory will come. Today, Russian…
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2/22/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky

From Lyuda Betina (Day 364): Dear brothers and sisters, It’s nice to wake up in a quiet and calm morning and though the information in a local messenger warns about cut offs of water and electricity today we do not worry because we got used to it. The situation in our town is better than…