Mariupol
A prayer has been answered today, the evacuation of civilians trapped in the Avzostal steel factory. Around 100 mostly women and children were led out by the brokering of the UN and International Committee of the Red Cross.
They were taken to the nearby town on the Russian side of Donetsk called Bezimenne. There they are being supposedly given the choice to go to Russia or be turned over to the Ukrainian side tomorrow. More are expected to be led out tomorrow.
Pray that these people will be sent back as many have not been given that choice and are said to be held in filtering camps in Russia. There are reports that many are being sent off to remote parts of Russia.
Pray for the many soldiers that are still trapped in the steel plant, they vow to fight to the death. Pray for mercy, pray for life…
Pray also for the almost 100,000 people still stranded in the city of Mariupol. There is little food and water available to them and it has been almost two months of siege that that have been under.
Mykolaev
Our teams are venturing further out into the war zone
Yulia
It is Sunday and I want to share few pictures of people being blessed through all of you who support Ukraine. Kids, families, women, men, grandmas and grandpas.
These past two days we distributed more than 420 bags.
We are praying and getting ready to reach out to new areas of aid given. We are planing to go out to Zaporizhya a city 3 hours away from Mariupol. Please pray with us for God’s wisdom and open doors. We will bring more aid there (food, medicine and hygiene) and will look for opportunities to evacuate people from cities and villages around Mariupol.
Here are some pictures of them in Mykolaev region…
There have been many questions regarding the 9th of May, the annual celebration of the victory over the Nazis in WWII. There are reports coming out that Putin may now declare war with Ukraine on that day. So far it has been called an “operation.” A declaration of war gives Putin the ability to draft soldiers as well as to formally take over Donetsk and Luhansk.
There is much to pray over these next days, pray fervently, let’s not lose hope.
Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team