Category: Updates
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7/19/2023 – Ruzzia: It’s like having to ask mafia for protection from their own harassment…

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (510th day): Blackmail, threats, harassment, invasions, mass deportations, terrorism, genocide, ecocide, linguicide, breaking international laws, cheating, even in sports – this is what ruzzia stands for. It’s a threat not just to Ukraine but to the world. The latest in the news is a threat to world food security. Ruzzia…
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7/19/2023 – Ukraine war: Russia strikes Ukraine grain after ending sea deal

Russian missile attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast have destroyed 60,000 tonnes of grain and damaged storage infrastructure, officials say. By Paul Kirby – BBC News: Agriculture Minister Mykola Solskyi said a “considerable amount” of export infrastructure was out of operation. Russia has pulled out of an international grain deal in place since last summer,…
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7/19/2023 – An old man on a curbside

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 510): 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 A couple of days ago, we were meeting someone at a train station. We got there early, so we had time…
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7/18/2023 – A Pastor’s Wife Remains On Mission in Ukraine (Video)

By Tom Mills, Jul 18, 2023 (Mission the the World) Lena and her husband, Mykhailo, a Ukrainian pastor, began preparing for war even before the initial attacks in February 2022 and considered their options for their family. They considered heading east to stay with Lena’s mother. They also considered Lena and the children fleeing to…
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7/18/2023 – Something happened to the Crimean bridge…

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (509th day): Something happened to the Crimean Bridge, so now it looks like a water slide. As one of the Ukrainian officials said, illegally built structures can’t last very long. Crimean Bridge was inaugurated by international thief putin in May 2018. It took ruzzians over 2 years to build this…
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7/18/2023 – Oksana, the sole operating room nurse in the area…

From Euromaiden Press: Good morning World! Good morning Ukraine! Oksana, an operating room nurse with the 128th Brigade, shares her experiences in the war zone. Despite heavy casualties, wounded soldiers continue fighting and liberating their land. Oksana, aka “Ksiukha”, has been with the brigade since the war began in 2015. Ksiukha is an army jargon…
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7/18/2023 – “Made in Ireland”

From Euromaiden Press: “Made in Ireland”: the sign on the carburetor of the Iranian-made Shahed drones used in Russia’s night attack on Mykolaiv, says Presidential Office chief Andriy Yermak. It and hundreds of other parts in Shahed drones and Russian weapons are produced in the West and Asia. Sanctions must be strengthened, he says. Sometimes,…
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7/18/2023 – This war is far more than just “a conflict between Russia and Ukraine…”

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 509): Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; protect me from those who rise up against me; deliver me from those who work evil, and save me from bloodthirsty men.Psalm 59:1-2 On this day 9 years ago (July 17, 2014), Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 from…
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7/17/2023 – Russians torture imprisoned 75-year-old Spanish volunteer seized in occupied Kherson

From Euromaiden Press by Halya Coynash: Russia only admitted to holding Mariano Garcia Calatayud prisoner in occupied Crimea after information became available about his whereabouts and the torture he had been subjected to It was over a year after the Russian invaders abducted Mariano Garcia Calatayud [generally known simply as Mario] from occupied Kherson before…
