Ukraine Prayer # 440

Ira Kapitonova
For not in my bow do I trust,
nor can my sword save me.
But you have saved us from our foes
and have put to shame those who hate us.
Psalm 44:6-7

Another kamikaze drone threat for the Kyiv region now. Last night, our air defense took down 21 drones and 3 missiles aimed at the Khmelnytskyi region and the south of Ukraine.

I might not mention the occupied territories too often, but it doesn't mean they are forgotten. In fact, I'm glad the world still remembers. For example, the documentary "20 Days in Mariupol" (Ukrainian journalists trapped in the temporarily occupied Mariupol documented the Russian atrocities, hoping it would change the course of the war) is now available on the Frontline PBS YouTube channel in the United States (viewers from other countries need to use a VPN).

I also read today that the National Resistance Center reported that Russia has brought in about 100,000 people from Central Asia to repopulate the occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Assimilation has been a valuable tool for the oppressors since the Old Testament times, so it's not something new. The Soviets did the same with several regions of Ukraine after the Holodomor and WWII. This repopulation has little to do with caring for the people's well-being but lays the foundation for deep conflicts in the future. Oh, how can they bring so much cruelty and pain on so many levels?!
 
Pray for these unexpected things like repatriation, they affect the future for generations.
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Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team

Today's picture — A 60-foot-long photograph of Irpin’s car cemetery has been erected in Little Ukraine, Manhattan, as a reminder that Russia’s war against Ukraine continues. Photo by Philip Buehler