Ukraine Prayer # 469

Ira Kapitonova
Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
Psalm 90:14
This still needs an official confirmation, but the media cite their sources, saying that Ukraine shot down a Russian A-50 Airborne Early Warning and Control System aircraft (AWACS) and damaged an airborne command center. The A-50 radar detects, identifies, and tracks airborne targets (up to 200 targets simultaneously) and warships at sea. Data is then transferred to command centers to be passed on to fighter jets and missile launchers, coordinating up to 30 of them.
 
If this is true, it will significantly improve Ukraine’s security as the aircraft will have limited ability to track the location of our air-defense systems that they are after.
Following the security agreement signed by the UK and Ukraine, the rest of G7, the Netherlands, and Romania started negotiations regarding security guarantees the countries are willing to provide until Ukraine joins NATO. We hope that this new wave of long-term international support will send a strong signal to Russia and other countries (such as China, Iran, or North Korea) that might be considering invading a neighbor.
 
A Ywam leader in Ukraine recently told how they feel that they are in a long marathon and it’s at that point where you feel you just can’t go on any more. I feel for them, because I feel the same way. But it’s at this point where we need to press in with our prayers. Let’s go deeper and reach down into our souls to pray for deliverance and lets thank God for every victory.

Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team

Today's picture – we went to a frozen lake nearby today. Dozens of people, not just children, were ice sliding, playing snowballs, and enjoying a winter day. I wondered if some of them had the phrase "Live as if it's your last day" in the back of their mind because that is a sad possibility in Ukraine.