The Times, May 19, 2022 Event President Putin is deliberately choking off Ukrainian grain exports, which could trigger political unrest across Africa and the Middle East, western officials have said. Protests could sweep across developing parts of the world as a result of Russia’s “weaponisation” of the global food supply, they said. They added that talks… Read More Russian blockade of grain exports fuels famine fears
From the Christadelphian Office. Thoughts about the sufferings of the Ukrainians prompted me to wonder how they could ever forgive Vladimir Putin and his invading army. Such terrible things have been done that forgiveness must be a great challenge. The Lord’s prayer teaches that forgiving others is essential if we wish to be forgiven ourselves,… Read More News from the Christadelphian magazine – Ukrainian war & Forgiveness
Sergei Lavrov the Russian foreign minister has provoked outrage in Israel by asserting that Adolf Hitler had “Jewish origins” and that Jews were the worst antisemites. Israel has been operating as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia as it has ties with both sides.… Read More Russia accuses Israel of supporting Kyiv ‘neo-Nazis’
The Telegraph, April 28, 2022 Event Vladimir Putin has warned the West that he will use nuclear weapons if any other country intervenes in his war in Ukraine. Speaking to politicians in St Petersburg, the Russian president said that “if anyone sets out to intervene in the current events from the outside and creates unacceptable threats for… Read More Putin threatens nuclear strikes if West intervenes
Boris Johnson pledges to send more arms during surprise visit to Kyiv The Guardian, April 10, 2022, wrote Boris Johnson has made a surprise trip to Kyiv to meet the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, pledging a major new infusion of British arms and financial aid to help counter the expected deadly new phase in Russia’s military… Read More Pledges to send more military assistance to Ukraine and Russian warnings
The horrible images we’ve seen from Ukraine have troubled us all. Beyond the agony being felt by all families across Ukraine is our own concern for our brothers, sisters and family members in the country. It is very difficult to get good information on what has happened to our community members in this region, yet… Read More Ukraine update 21 April 2022
Russia’s ambassador to the UK has warned that British weapons supplied to Ukraine are “legitimate targets” for the Russian army. Andrey Kelin made the warning on Saturday as Vladimir Putin’s forces struggled to make gains in the country. The UK has already supplied President Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces with thousands of Javelin and NLAW anti-tank missiles, which have been used… Read More Russia vows to target British weapons as UK missile downs helicopter
In these days, when we get to see horrible pictures of war crimes, we see enough proof of how man has gone far away from the precepts or prescriptions of God. We can wonder what would have gone into those heads of soldiers who raped and tortured those people in Ukraine. Clearly there have been… Read More Today’s thought “Fear-of-God, also in times of war, is a school in skilled living” (April 05)
Debkafile, March 17, 2022 Event: “Unacceptable and unforgivable,” was the Kremlin’s response to the US president’s branding of Vladimir Putin as “a war criminal,” on Wednesday, March 16. Incensed rather than cowed by sanctions and international condemnation, the Russian president is likely to double down on his war offensive against Ukraine – regardless of the… Read More Ukraine war is veering fast towards a big power conflict
More than one month ago, Vladimir Putin did what he had said not going to do. This is yet another proof that one cannot rely on the words of a human being. One must always be very careful when things are denied or promised. In today’s reading (Numbers 14) we also see how people easily… Read More Perplexity among the nations
President Joe Biden on Thursday called Vladimir Putin a “pure thug” and “murderous dictator,” his latest pointed attack against the Russian President as the war in Ukraine rages on. Speaking at the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on St. Patrick’s Day at Capitol Hill, Biden said Putin is “a murderous dictator, a pure thug who… Read More Biden calls Putin a ‘murderous dictator’ and ‘pure thug’
Much has changed in the last three weeks. The recent build-up of Russian arms and military posturing has turned into a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Battalions from the north, east and south have crossed borders and begun pressing into the centre of the country. Major towns and cities are gradually becoming isolated and cut off.… Read More Build-up of Russian arms and military posturing
Our brothers and sisters have had to send their children to safer places, hoping that they will get there, because the Russians do not mind simply shelling the stream of refugees. It is very clear that the Russian army is repeatedly guilty of war crimes. From the country where also several war crimes took place,… Read More Surrounded by war crimes performing Russians
March 2, 2022 Bombardment pulverises schools and hospitals as civilian deaths ‘pass 2,000’ amid claims Kherson has fallen. Russian forces shelled schools, hospitals and homes across Ukraine yesterday as President Putin’s invasion threatened to escalate into a long war of attrition. Moscow inflicted sustained rocket attacks on the city of Kharkiv after Ukrainian forces halted… Read More Russia-Ukraine war: Putin lays waste to cities
Antiochus Epiphanes & Putin even look the same! A common claim among experts in Russian politics is that the Kremlin “has many towers.” It is meant to suggest a kind of pluralism in the chambers of power in Moscow, with rival camps of liberals and hawks, oligarchs and generals, pulling the President toward fringe positions,… Read More Putin’s Moves Toward War in Ukraine Show How Dangerous He Has Become
The world after so many years of peace in Europe now faces what we might call “a war of choice”. Vladimir Putin did not have to invade – Ukraine was not threatening Russia in anyway and even if it joined NATO in the future it would only be from a defensive point of view. But… Read More Russia choose to start a war
The US has accused Russia of planning to stage an atrocity that it can blame on Ukrainian forces as the pretext for an invasion. The “false flag” event could include the use of corpses, supposedly of Russians or Russian-speaking victims in Ukraine, as well as actors posing as mourners, the Pentagon said yesterday, with the… Read More Putin’s ‘staged atrocity’ plan to justify Russian invasion of Ukraine
These days we can see the reflection of the Bible text where it is said that “the king of the south” will “push” at the king of the North (Daniel 11:36-39) Gog himself, the ruler of the Russian people – President Putin.… Read More President Biden threatened to impose personal sanctions on President Putin if Russia moves to invade Ukraine
Joe Biden has said he thinks Russia will make a move on Ukraine, warning Moscow it would face a “stiff price” for an attack yet suggesting that a “minor incursion” might be treated differently by the US and its allies. The US president’s comments at a White House news conference on Wednesday January 19, injected… Read More Biden predicts Russia will attack Ukraine but warns Putin of a ‘stiff price’
On November 11, new satellite photos showed that Russia is once again massing troops and military equipment on the border with Ukraine. The United States has warned European allies that Russia could be plotting to invade Ukraine in a repeat of the 2014 annexation of Crimea. US officials have privately briefed their EU counterparts on… Read More Prepare for Russian invasion of Ukraine, US warns European allies
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