Christian leaders in Ukraine have co-signed a letter to U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson asking him to “consider the plight” of believers in the nation who are being persecuted and targeted by Russian soldiers.
Christian leaders in Ukraine have co-signed a letter to U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson asking him to “consider the plight” of believers in the nation who are being persecuted and targeted by Russian soldiers.
As Ukraine approached its two-year anniversary of war with Russia, Andrew Moroz, a Ukrainian-born American pastor from Lynchburg, Virginia gave ChristianHeadlines a firsthand account of his travels to Ukraine.
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Russia will return four Ukrainian children to their families as part of an agreement with Ukraine.
For the last year and a half, Ukrainians have witnessed suffering first-hand, perhaps like no other Western country in modern times. They have seen explosions, heard gunfire, escaped as buildings collapsed around them, lost their jobs and livelihoods, and watched as their friends and family have given their lives for their country.
As a Ukrainian and the area director of Young Life Western Ukraine, an organization devoted to sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with adolescents, I have witnessed both suffering and celebration, peace and turmoil, and heartbreak and courage in the teenagers my team and I minister to each week.
It’s been almost seventeen months since Russia first invaded Ukraine, and the nature of the headlines hasn’t changed much.
This week alone, we’ve been greeted with news of Russia bombing the ports in Odesa, threatening foreign vessels in the Black Sea, and Vladimir Putin withdrawing from an upcoming meeting with world leaders in South Africa for fear of being arrested and put on trial for war crimes. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will go in his place.
Meanwhile, closer to home, Congress has pledged to send another $1.3 billion in military aid for Ukraine, bringing the total to more than $40 billion since Russia invaded last year. Considering the government has approved $113 billion in total aid to the country—with the expectation that those funds will be needed in some form through 2026—it seems clear they understand this war will persist as well.
It is human nature to prefer a simple explanation – even when it’s wrong – to a more complex one. As a result, it can be easy to ignore inconvenient truths when they muddy the waters of how we would prefer to see a given situation.
With the war in Ukraine, it is simpler to see Ukrainians as valiant heroes fighting in defense of their homeland and Russians as the evil invaders bent on destruction. To be sure, there is a good bit of validity to both characterizations. However, neither side is without fault in this war, and it’s vital that we don’t lose sight of the gray areas in which the truth often resides just because the world seems simpler in black and white.
Russia has launched what Kyiv officials are calling the “biggest” kamikaze drone attack so far in the war against Ukraine.
The International Criminal Court has issued a warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin's arrest for committing war crimes.