Author: Dal Stanton
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2/19/2023 – Remembering where it began: Maidan
Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 360): 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 60:11-12 Nine years ago, February 18, 2014, was Tuesday, a lovely sunny day with a breath of spring in the…
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2/19/2023 – ruzzian church endorses this invasion??

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (360th day of ruzzian invasion): In the first photo (above) you can see what Sunday service in Church Without Walls in town Pokrovsk, Donetsk region looked like today. On Thursday, ruzzian missile hit the 5 storied building (seen in the background). The church has been renting space for meetings in…
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2/19/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Spring on the threshold

From Lyuda Betina ( Day 361): Dear brothers and sisters, It’s still winter but the sun is so bright that we feel the coming of spring. Ten more days and winter will be over. We didn’t freeze and we were able to go through this cold and dark season. We know that there can be…
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2/18/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Boot camp

From Lyuda Betina (Day 360): Dear brothers and sisters, We had an interesting day yesterday, we visited a boot camp where different groups of soldiers do their training before going to the front line. Our friend Rain invited us and showed the training location. Most of the things there he created himself with the help…
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2/17/2023 – Missile attacks

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 358): Let them vanish like water that runs away;when he aims his arrows, let them be blunted.Psalm 58:7 Last night I posted my daily update and turned off the laptop. As I was getting ready to go to bed, I saw a notification on my phone that all of…
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2/17/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky

From Lyuda Betina ( Day 359): Dear brothers and sisters, Yesterday brought us a good surprise. Our dear brother Paul who has been bravely fighting since the first days of the war, came home for a short vacation. It was a nice surprise for our youth group that had a meeting yesterday evening. We thank…
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2/16/2023 – The past year’s pains, anxieties, and hopes resonate in each Ukrainian heart
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 357): He will send from heaven and save me;he will put to shame him who tramples on me.God will send out his steadfast love and his faithfulness!Psalm 57:3 The day was nice and sunny, so we went to a local playground to enjoy some fresh air with hope of…
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2/16/2023 – Interference with US elections

From Doug Shepherd in L’viv: Just to be clear on whether Russian interferes with U.S. elections, here you go.Putin pal Pregozhin, who admits to leading the organization that trolled US voters ahead of 2016 election, on Russian interference in US elections: “We interfered, we interfere and we will interfere… we will remove both kidneys and…
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2/16/2023 – “It was similar to what I had experienced when we were in Auschwitz some time ago”

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (357th day of ruzzian invasion): Today I saw a long, detailed, and interesting article in Time magazine about atrocities during ruzzian occupation in the village Yahidne, Chernihiv region. We were in that village several times during our humanitarian aid trips. We were in that basement where people were held prison…
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2/16/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky

February 16 (Day 358): Dear brothers and sisters, We are having a good morning but at night there was alarm all over Ukraine and more than 30 rockets were flying to our territory. Many of them were destroyed but there were hits in some parts of the country. A Russian ship fired 8 missiles from…