Ukraine Prayer # 508

How Ukrainians have learned to live with war.
 
The residential block in Dnipro looked like someone had taken a huge bite out of it. Two whole apartments on the top floors were wiped out after a strike by Russian forces using an Iranian Shahed drone.
 
One woman from the severely damaged apartments was wrapped in a thick, warm blanket, cradling a cup of hot tea given to her by one of the many volunteers who had swarmed the area since shortly after the strike. Their presence was a sign of how Ukrainians have become used to the realities of living through a war. Dozens of people have been killed in attacks in the city since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, including more than 40 who were killed in a single strike against a residential block in January 2023. Some 4.8 million Ukrainians are officially registered as internally displaced people
 
A Psychologists said the pressures of war have led some families to break up, while others have become stronger. People change. Sometimes you have to get to know each other again. The person seems to be the same, but sometimes they change. One woman stated, “I’m changing myself,” she said, adding that the war has made people “become real.”
 
As this brutal war continues, the Ukrainians need so much prayer and aid. Please pray for healing to come. Pray that many will find their hope in Christ alone.
Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team