Author: Dal Stanton
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5/12/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx (Day 78): Dear brothers and sisters, I start this day with thanksgiving. Every day we receive information about people who are in very difficult conditions. And we in our town have everything for a normal life. I thank God for His provision, I thank God for each of you, for your prayers, for…
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5/11/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
Lxxx (Day 77): Dear brothers and sisters, Yesterday was a good day, apart from a few explosions in the air. Air defense successfully eliminated the missiles. I often wonder if they hadn’t succeeded, where would those rockets have landed? We made Tuesday a breakfast day for refugees. Txxx and I agreed with a local café…
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5/10/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx (Day 76): Dear brothers and sisters, A Victory Day which is supposed to be a day of peace was not like that for us. On May 9, Russia struck Odessa with 7 missiles using aircraft. As a result, 1 person died, 5 wounded were taken to hospital. They hit a big shopping center.…
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5/9/2022 – Victory celebrations – real and false

From the Kyiv Post: Today, May 9, as before, but even more than previously, Putin’s Russia wants to underscore that it considers itself different and separate from its former allies with whom it jointly won victory over Nazi Germany. It is emphasizing that it’s celebrating the Soviet Union’s – read Russia’s, as per Stalin’s subsequent…
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5/9/2022 – Volodymyr Zelensky on the Day of Victory over Nazism in World War II, 9 May 2022

From Kyiv Post: “We do not say “we can repeat”. Because only a madman can wish to repeat the 2194 days of war. The one who is repeating the horrific crimes of Hitler’s regime today, following Nazi philosophy, copying everything they did. He is doomed. Because he was cursed by millions of ancestors when he…
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5/9/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Victory Day reflections and realities
From Lxxx (Day 75): Dear brothers and sisters, We thank you for your prayers and your faithfulness in supporting us. Yesterday there was a multiple air attack on Odessa and Odessa region. Some buildings including a big hotel complex was destroyed in Odessa. An electrical substation was destroyed in Artsiz (the city in Odessa region)…
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5/8/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx ( Day 74): Dear brothers and sisters, It’s a nice sunny day made for worship and rest but we were woken up by the sound of a siren. Today we will have worship and we plan to have an organ concert afterwards. In case of air alarm we will go to the basement…
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5/7/2022 – Pray for Ukraine on May 9

From Douglas Shepherd (MTW missionary in L’viv, Ukraine) May 9th is coming up: -This is a very important date for Russia as they celebrate, ironically, the defeat of the Nazi’s. -On this so-called “Victory Day”, the risk of mass shelling of Ukrainian cities is increasing – the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security…
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5/7/2022 – Brasov, Romania

From Bob Burnham (MTW missionary serving in Odesa, Ukraine): Hi all, Andrea and I are still in Brasov, Romania and each day is a new adventure. Our time is spent helping those displaced here in physical, emotional and spiritual ways; helping others to evacuate from Ukraine; and bringing aid to those who are still in…
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5/7/2022 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky
From Lxxx (Day 73): Dear brothers and sisters, We thank you for your prayers, for your support and donations. Yesterday we had a weekly meeting of the group of our refugees. We are glad that the group is getting bigger. Sxxx, the lady who refused to come to the group last week was the first…