Category: Updates
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8/10/2023 – Ukraine’s slow counteroffensive is a wake-up call for the West

From Atlantic Council By Maksym Skrypchenko: In recent weeks, an unsettling narrative has begun to take shape in some segments of the international information space. With Ukraine’s much hyped counteroffensive making minimal progress, a range of commentators have started suggesting the time has come to push Ukraine to the negotiating table rather than prolong the…
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8/10/2023 – ‘Red Market’ Products

From Sergei Nakul in Kyiv (Pastor of Big City Church): And briefly about the feelings of Ukrainians towards this creature. I went to the “Red Market” and there it was 😎🇺🇦. Immediately I remembered Haman from the book of Esther.
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9/10/2023 – The terrorists are testing our endurance

From Ira Kapitonova near Kyiv (Day 532): Give justice to the weak and the fatherless;maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.Rescue the weak and the needy;deliver them from the hand of the wicked.Psalm 82:3-4 The terrorists are testing our endurance. We’ve had 4 or 5 air raid alerts, most of them were caused…
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8/9/2023 – Soldier Daria Filipieva, call sign “Blyskavka” (Lightning), was killed on the front lines…

From Euromaiden Press: Soldier Daria Filipieva, call sign “Blyskavka” (Lightning), was killed on the front lines. Before the outbreak of war, she had worked as a translator. To be eligible for military service, she underwent surgery to correct her poor eyesight. Her journey into the army commenced in 2019, fueled by a profound sense of…
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8/9/2023 – European Commission to recommend starting talks on Ukraine’s accession to EU – media

A journalist familiar with the matter says the European Commission will draft an EU enlargement report in October with recommendations for Ukraine and Moldova to start EU accession talks. From Euromaiden Press – BYYURI ZORIA: Europe Editor of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Rikard Jozwiak reported on Twitter that the European Commission would recommend in the…
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8/9/2023 – Four unnerving signs for Ukraine as it heads for fall

The forthcoming fall and winter will be critical for Ukraine and, therefore, Europe. If Russia can destroy Ukraine’s air defense, the West will need to reconsider its stand on military intervention. From Euromaiden Press – Article BYHANS PETTER MIDTTUN: While Ukraine is fighting for its right to exist and paying the price in blood, Europe…
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8/9/2023 – The real reason Russia calls everyone Nazis

Russia is branding all opponents of its fascism as fascists and Nazis, but why? Look to the Soviet deformation of history, which conjured the “eternal war of the West against Russia” From Euromaiden Press – Article by Oscar Clarke: Ever since launching his full invasion of Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has claimed he is “denazifying” his…
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8/9/2023 – 15 Years Ago The World Turned a Blind Eye

15 years ago, Russia invaded and occupied Georgia. The world turned a blind eye; this emboldened Russia to invade and occupy Ukraine in 2014, and later launch a full-blown war in 2022 using the same blueprint. These are the hybrid war tactics Russia used to get away with its crimes. Today, it still occupies roughly…
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8/9/2023 – I was struck with the realization that Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Belarus today are in the same position as Ukraine was in 2008…
From Ira Kapitonova near Kyiv (Day 531): I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.Those who hate the Lord would cringe toward him, and their fate would last forever.Psalm 81:14-15 I remember this day 15 years ago (08/08/2008). We were celebrating our friend’s wedding, but the discussion at our table…
