Update From Derek Prince Ministries Ukraine

01 Jan 1970

Today, we received an email from Vlad, the director of Derek Prince Ministries - Ukraine. Because of our faithful supporters, Derek Prince Ministries has supported Vlad and this team financially and in prayer, since the beginning of the war. Many of you have actively supported us with donations, so that together we could make a significant contribution to the continued existence of the ministry there and the spiritual encouragement and care of the Ukrainian people.

"I think that our life in Ukraine will never be the same as it was before February 2022 - in a way, all people have changed, society has changed, the Church has changed. As for "normality", partly we have returned to a more orderly life, partly people have simply adjusted to the new reality. At the same time, we must not forget that life in different parts of Ukraine is very different depending on how close the front is.

For example, my friend in the city of Zaporozhye recently told me that he often cannot sleep at night, not only because of the wailing of sirens, which can be heard several times across Ukraine and to which Ukrainians everywhere have become accustomed, but also because of regular explosions in the city that shake his house. As far as we are concerned, from our rather small town (about 30 thousand inhabitants) there are about 500 men at the front, as far as I know there can be more.

We have already buried 50 soldiers (whose bodies we were able to find and bring back). The hydroelectric power station in our city (right next to the city) was hit twice with rockets - a total of 8 rockets were fired, 2 of which hit the target. In the neighboring town of Kremenchuk (20 km from us), a large supermarket (a football field and a half), located right in the city center near the train station, was completely destroyed in the middle of the day. Many civilians were killed. During the war, rockets hit the surrounding villages several times. There are still many refugees in our area, but the chaos isn't that big anymore.