Civilian Casualties on the Rise

Yet again the world witnesses terrible war crimes committed by the Russian Army. Russian long-range weaponry, including ballistic missiles with cluster warheads, strike densely populated residential areas in Ukraine, killing and injuring civilians and causing serious devastation.

A new drone tactic employed recently by the Russian Army is not the least ruinous… Today, unlike before, when drones used to cruise one by one, a swarm of drones is often concentrated over peaceful cities at a high altitude, where they cannot be reached by field air defense, after which they suddenly dive together at residential buildings. This, of course, also results in a great number of casualties among the civilian population…

It is only in the last two months that the large Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Zaporizhia, Kryvyi Rih, Sumy, and Kyiv suffered devastating attaсkes, killing and injuring the innocent, and destroying the residential infrastructure, not to mention numerous small towns enduring the same terror. Among numerous victims, we are still mourning over the death of a family of evangelical Christians (a father and daughter) killed during another air raid in Kyiv several weeks ago.

Despite all assurances by politicians of the approaching peace deal, Russia, in its perverted mindset, continues its terrorist attacks against peaceful Ukrainian cities deliberately, in an obvious genocidal attempt, targeting civilians — mothers, fathers, children — on a daily basis. Yet again we see grieving parents standing over the bodies of their children or calling them, but there is no answer… The horror they experience is unimaginable.

Unfortunately, as we can see, mere talking to and appeasing the utter evil only encourages, emboldens and multiplies the evil. Therefore, we ask all our brothers and sisters in Christ to continue praying for and supporting Ukraine. Evil is real but so is God who, as we believe, will reveal the truth and execute His justice…