29 August 2014

RUSSIAN INVASION by Jeff Franks

Today as never before Ukrainians are fighting for their life as a sovereign nation. Young men are dying in droves as they are often outgunned by Russian heavy weaponry. Two volunteer battalions have been surrounded the last two days with no way of escape. Yesterday, Russia opened a new front on the Azov Sea in the southeast to make a land bridge to Crimea. President Petro Poroshenko has made urgent appeals for emergency sessions of the UN and European Security Councils.

Who has not heard the indignant denials of Russia’s leaders? In response to NATO and western accusations they bandy about words like “fantasy” and “no relation to reality”, simply because in all of their Orwellian newspeak and propaganda they have replaced “Ukraine” with “Novorossiya”, meaning “New Russia”.

Yesterday, in an emergency session of the UN Security Council, Vitaly Churkin told Samantha Power that the United States was “meddling in the affairs of a sovereign nation.” The news camera showed her smiling and shaking her head in disbelief as she took notes. To us in the West such a statement is flat out hypocritical and beyond the pale of normal reason.

In Russian “newspeak”, however, the sovereign nation (singular) of Greater Russia includes a whole lot more than just Ukraine, which has to them become a mere province. Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and others take notice! Having redefined everything in Orwellian newspeak, Russia’s leaders are acting, speaking and killing with impunity according to what they see as their historical destiny, their “divine right”.

You do not have to tolerate the blatant lies and disinformation coming your way from Russia. Rather, listen to the cries and see the tears of Russian mothers whose sons’ bodies are being flown back from the combat zone. Join in prayer with Ukrainian families as they mourn their dead sons. Hear fathers and mothers in Kyiv protesting the pitiable state of their boys fighting with inferior weapons and no body armor. Above all, take action by contacting your representatives, speaking the truth, and praying for God’s divine intervention.

7 comments:

  1. Praying for you and all concerned over there.
    May our great God show His everlasting mercy to be manifest, especially in relation to those who are weak and suffering...
    ...and in spite of the brazen actions by Russia .. God bless you with much grace and wisdom. I have shared this post on my blog today. Shaz in oz.x

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    1. Shaz, bless your heart for sharing on your blog. That is so encouraging.

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  2. Thank you for keeping us informed. We are praying.

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    2. Sure appreciate the prayers, Colleen. Thank you so much.

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  3. Recently at our church we had a visit from a Pastor in Eastern Ukraine who gave us information on what is happening there, so it is good to have information from the West as well, and we pray daily for peace in Ukraine and freedom for oppression.
    Bless you
    Chris

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    1. That's music to my ears, Chris. Appreciate it so much. Ukraine needs your prayers and so do we.

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