Category: Updates
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3/10/2023 – Calls to appease Putin in Ukraine ignore the lessons of history
From Atlantic Counsel UkraineAlert by Arman Mahmoudian: As the full-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its second year last month, Western leaders were keen to demonstrate their continued determination to prevent a Russian victory. At the same time, with no end in sight to what is already by far the largest European conflict since World War…
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3/9/2023 – She doesn’t shy away from taking up arms when it comes to defending her loved ones
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 378): Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day. It used to be one of the major holidays in the Soviet Union and remains a public holiday in many post-Communist countries. However, the idea behind this holiday was distorted to serve propaganda (like most things in the Soviet Union). It…
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3/9/2023 – Massive attack on Ukraine
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv visiting US (378th day since a neighboring country shamelessly broke into our home and is continuing to wreak havoc): I am going to see my son in just about 24 hours! Can hardly wait! But my reality is divided into two worlds – in one I am excited to hug…
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3/8/2024 – Recognizing women inspite of Soviet associations
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (377th day since a neighboring country shamelessly broke into our home and is continuing to wreak havoc): The world is celebrating International Women’s day. In Ukraine, we have somewhat mixed feelings about March 8th as for many of us, the first association is with the Soviet Union where this was…
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3/8/2023 – POWs returned
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 377): Your way, O God, is holy.What god is great like our God?You are the God who works wonders;you have made known your might among the peoples.Psalm 77:13-14 130 Ukrainian POWs returned home today in a prisoner swap. Most of them are wounded and need medical care. We rejoice…
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3/8/2023 – Belgorod Dnestrovsky: Distancing from International Women’s Day
From Lyuda Betina (Day 378): First spring days are warm and nice and there are snowdrops blooming around. March 8 is a Women’s Day, the holiday that we inherited from our soviet past. In the beginning it was based on socialist ideology of equality then it lost its political background and people just celebrated it…
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3/7/2023 – russia executes Ukrainian soldier on video – war crimes continue
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 376): But you, you are to be feared!Who can stand before youwhen once your anger is roused?Psalm 76:7 Every time you think that you can no longer be shaken by Russian brutality, they outdo themselves. [this content may be sensitive] Today, we were horrified by a video. It is…
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3/6/2023 – “We shouldn’t be forced to choose between peace and justice”
From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 375): For not from the east or from the westand not from the wilderness comes lifting up,but it is God who executes judgment,putting down one and lifting up another.Psalm 75:6-7 It is hard not to let war consume all of your being. A year ago, forcing yourself to go…
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3/6/2023 – Ruzzians have pandemic of hate and resentment towards all their neighbors and the rest of the world (Video)
From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (374th day of ruzzian invasion): Some say it’s not war of ruzzians against Ukrainians, it’s just putin and his generals. But look at the polls that show overwhelming support of the war among ruzzian population and hear what the common people say. Ruzzians have pandemic of hate and resentment towards…
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3/6/2023 – Ukraine Is Genocide: Moscow is out to destroy a people.
From Foreign Policy by Azeem Ibrahim: It is now increasingly clear that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a war of genocide. Mounted with genocidal intent, pursued with determined genocidal effort, the war is an assault not only on Ukrainians and Ukrainian nationhood, but the idea of Ukrainian-ness itself. It has involved the wholesale killing and…
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