By: Brother Sasha

​The great war, not provoked by Ukraine, which began in February 2022, brought enormous pain, suffering and hatred to our land.

Here are some of the consequences of this great war:

• The US President speaks of 700 thousand victims in Ukraine
• 10+/- million people were forced to leave the territory of Ukraine, that is, every fourth person of pre-war population
• Destroyed cities and infrastructure

When war comes to your country, to your home, when you are attacked by an enemy who is more powerful than you, there is a small choice of actions for each person:

• Capitulate and go under the rulership of the occupiers
• Flee from the war
• Resist the enemy

Our society has all three categories of people. Some accepted the occupation, some ran away from the war, some resist in any way possible.

There is no rationality in Ukraine's resistance. The enemy is much bigger and stronger than us. A huge number of people and governments are persuading Ukraine to capitulate and accept the so-called realities and think realistically and rationally.

Almost three years after the start of the great war, I notice that new and dangerous patterns are starting to form in our society and especially among young people:

• There is no rule of law - there is only the rule of power. The stronger one determines his own rules over the weaker one.
• There is no justice in this world.
• You can’t rely on anyone and trust anyone.
• There is no point in long-term planning of your life.

This new pattern is penetrating society and people’s consciousness. War makes people cynical, having lost faith in justice, having lost hope in anything or anyone.

In such dark moments, I personally remember the words of the Apostle Paul: And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.  (1st Corinthians 13:13)
I think that love is called the greatest, because love is the driving engine for faith and hope. When faith weakens and hope disappears, the surest way to regain faith and hope is through the experience of love. Ukrainian society is in a huge deficit of love.

People in our society are in desperate need of love – first and foremost, an understanding of the sacrificial love of Jesus Christ.

People are also in desperate need of practical expressions of love from other people towards them.

What we are trying to do in Ukraine is to try to show to all kinds of people around us that they are loved and not abandoned. We hope that through a little practical expression of love, some of these people will come to know the love of Christ that surpasses all human understanding.
​
Here are some stories of people to whom we are trying to show practical love:

Olga is 55 years old. Her life has never been simple and easy. The death of her son, addiction, a broken hip. The war left her with absolutely nothing. The city in eastern Ukraine where she lived was destroyed and is now occupied by the Russian army. Olga was evacuated to Kiev region.

Olga's greatest practical need is to restore the necessary documents to receive social benefits for disability and as a refugee. This is a rather complicated process that involves trips to various institutions and hospitals. Our assistance allows us to pay for transportation costs, expenses for receiving medical treatment. Olga's accommodation and food are paid for by the local church.

Lyuda's family fled the war several times. At first, they were forced to move to a place that seemed relatively safe to them, but when the front line began to approach this place, they were forced to evacuate to Kiev region. And it was the right decision, because soon after the evacuation, a Russian drone flew into their house, right into the chimney of the house, and destroyed the entire house.

​Now the village where they lived is under occupation by the Russian army. The conditions in which they live now are far from ideal, but Lyudmila and her husband are happy that they are safe. Children are children and find joy in the simplest things, such as riding on a simple swing in the yard.

The children did not go to school for 4 years, first because of the covid epidemic, then because of the war and moving around Ukraine. Education was only online, but this is not the same as being physically present at school. Our assistance to this family allows them to purchase everything the kids need for going to school. ​

Lydia and her two adult sons also fled the war. Their city was also destroyed and occupied by the Russian army. They did not want to stay in the territory occupied by Russia and decided to go into the unknown.
​
They were helped with evacuation and found a simple rural house where they can live temporarily. One of Lidiya's sons suffers from cerebral palsy and needs care. Our help helped Lidiya buy firewood to heat her house.

These are just several stories from dozens of similar personal tragedies experienced by millions of Ukrainians. I look at the photos of these people again and admire them and share their grief.
They are different people - children, young people, old people. Millions of people in Ukraine are emotionally and mentally traumatized by the war and its consequences.

We help:

• Diapers for bedridden elderly people
• Buying medicines
• Buying firewood for heating
• Buying clothes
• Renting housing for displaced persons
• Buying food
• Buying school supplies for children

But in fact, this is a practical manifestation of love and through this faith and hope return to people as many of them have witnessed to us.

We are immensely grateful to you for your practical love, for your prayers! God is working through you!

This war has once again shown the miracle of the church. Someone took these people out of the war zone. Someone found them temporary housing. Someone donated money to help these people. Someone bought and delivered food, firewood and medicine.

Our prayer for the people who are receiving help is in tune with the prayer of the Apostle Paul - Ephesians 3:19, that God would open their eyes, so that they would see the love of God in their lives: Praying for them “to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God."

Such different ages and status of our new church members encourages and calls us to serve different people, in different directions, in different areas and unites us around Christ. The Lord is always looking for faithful people who are ready to go and spread the Good News. Pray for us to be attentive to the call of God, to go and serve those people whom the Lord has already prepared for Himself. Pray for those who have been baptized, that they may be fully joined to our family, and that in this fellowship they may be able to be comforted in all their sorrows. Pray for those who are contemplating baptism, that their hearts would be open and willing to choose Christ as their Lord and Savior.

​The war continues. We pray for peace and victory, but now the Lord is leading our country even more so. More of our brothers are joining the military and going to defend us, our homes, our lives. Three people, Ilya (a member of our church), Vitaly and Igor (relatives of our church members) have been missing for a long time. We pray for any news about them, pray for their families and trust God in everything.

​More and more villages and towns continue to be captured by the enemy in eastern Ukraine. More and more people are fleeing the war and coming to us in Makarov and neighboring villages. Our brothers are actively involved in the evacuation of such families. Now we are preparing another house for the possibility of living for a family that will be able to come to us the next day. Before the new year we received a large family with 5 children, who have already been displaced twice since 2014 because of the war in Ukraine. The three older brothers and one of the sisters are already getting all the documents to transfer by study to the local school. The family needs everything for their studies from notebooks and pencils to briefcases and clothes. These children have spent the last 2 years just sitting at home and studying online to the sound of guns. We as a church desire to support this family in their needs as well as other families who are in need of wood to heat their homes, warm clothes, and food. Many, especially single displaced women live in Makarov in a modular town - in addition to our worship services, they always attend home groups and a doctrinal study. And one more such complex for older single immigrants is located in the village of Kolonshchina, which is 15 kilometers from Makarov. We have begun to invite those who wish to come to our Sunday meeting. We gladly take everyone and bring them back by car.

Under all these circumstances, we see how the Lord is leading us to a new, but very relevant ministry. ​And the most recent celebration of baptism shows that this is really important, both for the church and for Christ.
​
Pray that the Lord will bless:

• The entire ministry of the church and the building of the House of Prayer
• The filling of houses of rehabilitation and the growth of new ministers
• Our country with peace and the end of war

The Price of Freedom – An Insider's View
By Olexander (Sasha) Malov
Ukraine Missions Director

I spent the past month in close contact with hundreds of men who, like me, who came to the Ukrainian Army mobilization center to fulfill the requirements of the mobilization law and determine our status in the matter of military service in this brutal war, the full-scale phase of which Russia viciously and cruelly launched against Ukraine in February 2022.

The men I spent this time with are ordinary people, mostly aged 45-59. Ordinary men – farmers, workers, office workers, not healthy, but who voluntarily came and who are ready to protect our homeland – Ukraine.

We talked a lot – all these men want to live, all are afraid of death, but each of those I met and talked to understand that the choice that faces us is freedom or death.
To be under Russia for me and these men means death, either physical or death of our dignity, and for the sake of freedom of Ukraine, for the sake of the lives of our wives, children, grandchildren, we are ready to go and protect our Motherland, despite our desire to live.

I remember life in the Soviet Union too well and all the grief and repression that the Soviet/Russian regime represented, in my case it was the repression of my family for believing in God as part of the evangelical community. Faith in God under the rule of the communist empire was illegal and cruelly punished by the KGB.

This war is a question of the inner values of every Ukrainian. Freedom for us has ceased to be an abstract and guaranteed concept, we have understood that freedom is a matter of personal choice for every Ukrainian. Freedom has a price that everyone is ready or not ready to pay.

Freedom is not free; you must pay a price for freedom - either yourself personally or someone else is now paying or has already paid their price. As a Christian, I understand that a huge price was paid for my eternal freedom. The price of my personal freedom from the curse of sin, death, eternal punishment, was the voluntary sacrifice of God, the price of the painful death of His Son. It was the highest price paid for freedom in the history of humanity.

Any nation consists of many people, so it is difficult for me to talk about Ukrainians as a nation united in its values.

Inside Ukraine we have different people - someone says, I do not care what flag to live under and let the war end soon and it does not matter who wins.There are traitors who work for Russia inside Ukraine.

Some of the men fled Ukraine illegally because they were afraid of being drafted into the Ukrainian army. Someone ended up in the territory occupied by Russia and is now happy about low prices for motor fuel, good social benefits and the citizenship of Russia received.

There are different people with different values, and this is the sad reality of life. We are not a perfect society at all, with our own internal problems, but this is our internal life and our problems that we are solving and that we must still solve in the future.
At the same time, based on my personal experience of communicating with people and simply observing what is happening, I see a huge thirst for freedom and independence within Ukraine, among those who remained in Ukraine and did not betray their internal values.

A real nation consists of people with inner divine and moral values and who are ready to pay their price for these values.

Yes, we are tired of war - morally and physically. In my village, nearly every week, we bury men who gave their lives for the freedom of Ukraine. Our Christian friends bury their sons, husbands, and fathers.

Almost every day and night we do not sleep because of Russian air attacks. Combat drones, missiles and bombs fly over our houses in the literal sense of the word. Two nights ago, fragments of a combat drone landed very close to my house. There was a big fire.

At this moment, as I am writing this article, near to my house there were twelve loud explosions. A few days ago, an enemy missile killed a mother and three beautiful daughters in Lviv, leaving her husband and father in their inconsolable grief, and this happens every day and night in dozens and hundreds of cases through the destruction of churches, cities, the lives of adults and children.

The Russians are destroying our energy systems, which is why we are without electricity most of the day, and a cold winter awaits us ahead.

My friends buried their father and grandfather a few days ago in Kyiv, because during his operation, a missile attack damaged the power lines and due to the lack of electricity in the operating room, he died.

Millions of Ukrainians were forced to flee the country to save their lives. The country is catastrophically short of labor power. These examples are not an attempt to evoke pity or emotion, but simply a description of the daily realities of our lives.

This is our price that we pay for our freedom!

The evil that the devilish regime of Russia brings cannot be justified by anything. Any attempt to justify Russia's evil (the attack on Ukraine) by political necessity, geopolitics, or anything else is an attempt to justify Satanic evil.

The Russians are carrying Satanic evil, which has nothing to do with Christian or with simply moral values, although the Russians hide behind traditional conservative Christian values.

I deliberately use such words as "Satanic" and "devilish" regime of Russia. In the Bible Satan is called - a murderer, the father of lies, a thief and this is exactly what the Russian regime does - lies, kills, steals.

I agree with the great President Reagan, who at one time defined Soviet Russia as an empire of evil. Since the time of President Reagan, nothing has changed.

This evil must be punished, otherwise there is nothing fair and honest in this world!
The imperial evil of Putin's regime has taken the lives of many thousands of Ukrainians, civilians, and soldiers, and as a Christian and a citizen of Ukraine I curse Russia and the citizens of Russia for this evil.

It is a mistake to consider the war against Ukraine as Putin's war against Ukraine. No, it is a war of Russian citizens against Ukraine.

The majority of Russian citizens support Putin in his aggressive war against Ukraine, including my relatives and former friends who live in Russia.

In addition, Putin threw an enormous number of his citizens into the furnace of death, whom he sent to an unjust war against Ukraine. Putin's regime kills not only Ukrainians, but also Russians.

This is my view from inside Ukraine. My wife and I made a firm decision for ourselves in February 2022 - we will stay in Ukraine, no matter how hard it may be for us. Our decision to stay in Ukraine and serve the people around us was and is based on our inner values - the values of freedom.

We have never regretted the decision we made then, although it can be difficult, especially for my beloved wife. You must pay a price for freedom, and this price comes at a high price.

What has changed in minds of Ukrainians over these 2.5 years?

In conversations with men awaiting mobilization, we talked a lot about what we feel.
Many of us have changed our attitude towards some Western institutions and some Western governments.

We see the uselessness of the UN. We see the impotence of the International Red Cross in protecting the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war, and many other examples can be given regarding other international institutions.

We see the weakness and dependence of some Western and other governments on Russia's resources.

Many of us believe that some Western political forces allowed Putin to attack Ukraine and that there was a secret conspiracy, the price of which was the existence of Ukraine. We do not know for sure; these are thoughts at the level of feelings without any facts.

We see the sacred fear of some Western institutions and governments before the power of Russia and the primacy of economic interests over the values of freedom.
People of values in Ukraine feel that the Western world, represented by weak institutions and governments, is losing to Russia and to the countries that support him, which could become a fatal catastrophe for the entire Western world.

We see that power in this world is more important than values and justice.

The power of Russia in terms of population, territory, resources and nuclear weapons is more important than the very existence of small Ukraine, which gave up its nuclear weapons in 1994 under security guarantees from Russia, the USA, Great Britain, guarantees which in the end turned out to be no guarantees at all.

We are grateful that Ukraine's Western partners are helping us, but we understand that the size and limitations of this aid only give Ukraine the opportunity not to die immediately, but do not give us an opportunity to defeat the satanic evil of Russia.
Within Ukraine, we realize that if Western aid with weapons stops, all of Ukraine will be captured by Russia.

The fact that Ukraine is still alive is a miracle. We are still alive, and this is truly a great miracle.

Look at the size of Ukraine and Russia and compare these sizes on a world map. This is a David and Goliath situation.

We do not demand pity; we do not think that we are due anything. We find the strength to laugh and enjoy simple things. To enjoy each new day, to especially appreciate our family and friends, understanding that each day may be our last day and therefore we must appreciate every moment of life spent with our loved ones.

So, what or how does this relate to the United States?

Someone may tell me - "yes, what is happening in Ukraine is a great tragedy, but what does this have to do with me, a US citizen?"

Over the past year, I have heard this question from many American friends. I am told that people in the United States are tired of the war in Ukraine.

I am told that the United States has enough internal problems, both economic and political, in connection with the upcoming presidential elections in your great country, and Americans should not care about Ukraine at all.

A certain number of Americans directly or indirectly support Putin's aggression against Ukraine.

This is also a fact.

How can I respond to these arguments?

Firstly, for US citizens, the interests of America should come first, just as for me, the fate of Ukraine comes first for me. This is not even up for discussion.

But the issue is much deeper than it seems at first glance. Russian state media constantly emphasize the theme that the main enemy for Russia is not Ukraine, but the United States.

According to them, the United States is fighting Russia with the hands of Ukrainians. In their view, Ukraine is the prodigal son, and the main source of problems and threats for Russia is the United States.

Therefore, US citizens must accept as a fact that for today's Russia, the enemy number one is the United States, and in my opinion, if Ukraine loses this war, it will be not only a defeat for Ukraine, but also for the United States as a global leader. In my opinion, if Ukraine loses, Russia will go further and where it will stop is a big question.
Secondly, my article is not so much about Ukraine as it is a call to look inside yourself and honestly evaluate your personal values. Is freedom my personal value and am I ready to pay the price for it, no matter how high this price may be?

I will tell you honestly, I am sick of the well-fed, smug faces of some American politicians, talking heads from among media stars and other leaders of public opinion, with multi-million fortunes, who do not even come close to knowing the life of ordinary people and suffering and who cynically argue that Ukraine must capitulate to Russia and agree to the loss of its territories and with huge human deaths.

These are people who bow to the power of Putin, people who call the devilish monster Putin a "good guy". These people do not know and do not practice the value of freedom. These are people for whom their wealth and comfort are their gods and who have no moral right to give advice to a bleeding Ukraine.

For me, the USA is not the government or politicians, not talking heads, but ordinary people who share the same values of freedom.

I am grateful to God for hundreds and thousands of my friends in the USA, the most ordinary and the most incredible in their strength of spirit people.

These are people who pray, understand, sympathize, do not give unnecessary and inappropriate advice, who know how to love and empathize.
​
People who live by values and declare them not in words, but by the example of their lives. This is the real America, strong and great, and for me as for a Ukrainian it is a great honor to know you and to be a bearer of the same values. God bless America! God save Ukraine!

The war in Ukraine is getting worse and we continue to go to the bomb shelter with our children. But at the same time, we live, serve and never stop dreaming. God helps us every day and every second. Our children adapt, change and grow. It fills our hearts with hope and joy. We believe, we are under God's protection and this faith enables us to move on.

We admire successes of our children in rehabilitation. Bogdanka is getting stronger and can move better on her own with the help of a walker.

The way our life is organized, there are enemies in it. These enemies are always of two kinds - external and internal. For example, Ukraine is fighting an external aggressor. But there is an internal enemy - for example, corruption. The fight is brutal: You always have to fight on two fronts. Which enemy is more dangerous? The church has external enemies, but there are also internal enemies. Schisms, divisions, heresies. Which enemy is more dangerous? It is the same with man - in addition to external enemies, there are also internal ones - sin, pride, and self-love. No matter how dangerous the external enemy is, the internal enemy is more dangerous. God, give us the ability to resist the enemy that is within and protect us from external evil!
"But He, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself shall be desolate, and every house divided against itself shall fall" (Luke 11:17)
Maxim Mamakin, рastor of Makarov Christian Church

​Rehabilitation
You have already seen our photos of the rebuilding of the house we were preparing for rehabilitation for men in place of the house in Andreevka that was utterly destroyed by the Russian army.

And now, this house has come to life. For a month now, we have been accepting men for free rehabilitation and a new house in Makarov. We thank God that He led us through all the rebuilding phases, stages of construction, and repairs of the new men's center.

Now that the Word of God is being preached and taught here, new people are looking for a way out of all the difficulties in their lives. We know that the successful way out is only in Christ. The opportunity to show this true way to more people lost in their sins is an absolute joy for our ministry.
​
We pray that the Lord will use this house to change the hearts of those seeking a way out of their addictions and that through the rehabilitation ministry, they will come to know Christ and choose a new way in God alone.

​Ministry
Recently, in the city of Bucha, our brothers, graduates of rehabilitation, started Coffee House meetings for fellowship with addicts and those seeking God. The Lord led this ministry, and facilities, faithful ministers, and new people came weekly for fellowship.

Even before the new year, based on such meetings, in complete trust in God, we began the ministry of a new church. A few months passed, and one of our pastors, Bogdan Maisuradze, and his wife, Victoria, moved from Makarov to Bucha. Being on the ground for local church planting is very important. Please join us in praying for this family and their ministry and that the Lord will multiply the church in Bucha, through which our Lord's name will be even more glorified in Ukraine.

​Church
In our fast life, daily routines, and all the excitement of the war, the Lord gave us a fantastic opportunity for fellowship and recreation by the ministers of our churches from Makarov and Kyiv. It was only one day when we could go to the base prepared for such fellowship, but there were a lot of memories. It was a time for study, critical reflections, walks in the woods, a delicious picnic, visits to the museum, fun games, opportunities to serve each other, and to relax.
​
For many of us, this church weekend was a much-needed and welcome gift from the Lord to spend quality fellowship and get to know each other better, even though we have been doing a lot of ministry together for a long time and know each other well already.

Prayer needs of the MHC that the Lord will bless:
- the entire ministry of the church and the building of the House of Prayer;
- the filling of houses of rehabilitation and the growth of new ministers;
- our country with peace and the end of war.

Peace and grace! Thank you for your letter, Brother Pat. Thank you for your prayers for me and for our ministry that God has given us to do with DMI for over 25 years. God bless . The Donetsk ministry that you started in the Donetsk region moved to Kharkov in 2014 due to the war and seems to be moving even further to the West of Ukraine.

I returned home safely after the surgery and recovery in America. I arrived in Kharkov on April 5, because on the way home I was still in Zhitomir, where my Svetlana is now. She stayed in Zhitomir when I departed  to the USA. The fact is that she is again in a difficult situation, there is a threat of another stroke. Therefore, all my illnesses in America also affected her health in Ukraine. Now the doctors have continued the course of treatment, and until the end of May she should be in Zhitomir undergoing treatment.
​​
Therefore, I also need this time to be in Zhitomir and Kharkiv. My health is more stable after the surgeries and I can continue to do the same ministry work as before. Serving with a team for military families and wounded and fallen heroes. And also serve our soldiers. To do this, I stay in Kharkiv for two weeks, then go to Zhitomir for a week. This will continue, I hope, until the end of May, after which we are going to return to Kharkiv, God willing, to continue our ministry there.

Today the situation has worsened significantly due to a new wave of missile attacks on the energy system of Ukraine and in particular Kharkiv. Our district and city are simply being demolished by missiles and drones that arrive every day and night. A lot was destroyed, but even since the beginning of the war we rarely had problems with electricity and water in Kharkiv. Due to constant missile attacks on the city's infrastructure, people lost their jobs, and many began to need food again.Now all the stations have been destroyed, and we simply haven't had electric power for several weeks now; they are providing it for a couple of hours from the reserves of other regions of Ukraine. Therefore, because of this problem, there is very poor communication, no Internet, no water supply. 1’m glad that it's warm now, so we're not freezing.

The situation at the front is also difficult, due to our lack of ammunition and equipment, many guys are dying and getting injured. Putin plans to destroy all of Ukraine as a state, and simply raze our eastern parts and the northern borders with Russia to the ground. His dream is to restore the USSR again. Therefore, they have already begun to talk to us about a possible attack on Kharkiv. Of course, we trust God, we continue to pray and serve people by helping those who have lost everything and helping the soldiers. Our ministry always involves preaching the Gospel to them.

​In the church now, our main ministry is the families of those who serve in the army and the families of those who have lost loved ones. We continue to support these families with food packages once a month. But more importantly, we continue to build relationships with them through communication both on a personal level, and we continue to serve through groups of psychological and spiritual help both online. But also live. These women and older people come to our groups, but we also visit them in their homes once a month. These are very difficult people with broken lives and often deep trauma and depression. But God also works in these people. Although many considered themselves Orthodox (Ukrainian), now many of them do not want to hear about the church and God. Many simply stopped believing. We continue to work with children in the Stary Saltov hub. Also in our church premises in Kharkiv, we work with teenagers and young people from military families. We don't know how many opportunities we will have to serve in the future, but today we are trying to use every opportunity. I also want to say that we perform all the listed opportunities and services thanks to your participation with the finances. First of all, these are food and essentials for these families. Today we have 640 families. also holding groups and serving children in the area. We are grateful to you for your help, and we ask, if God allows us to still serve here, to continue to support these ministries.

Once again we express our gratitude for your active participation in our joint ministry in Ukraine. And we thank God for everyone who prays, shares our pain and serves as finance for the Ukrainian people and the Church of Christ in Ukraine.

Peace and grace to all who read these lines!
It has been more than two years since the beginning of the big war in Ukraine, although it is essential to remember that the war, though of lesser intensity, has been going on for ten years.

The current situation in Ukraine is not easy. The regions bordering Russia (Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv) are under regular shelling by artillery, missiles, bombs, rockets, and drones). Settlements near the border are challenged, and residents of these places are gradually evacuating deep into Ukraine.

These days, residents of Kharkiv, where Pastor Sergei lives and ministers, and the region are especially suffering - daily shelling from all kinds of weapons. Every day, there are civilian casualties. Quite a large number of people are forced to evacuate.
Donetsk, Zaporizhzhya, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Kherson regions located on the front line have daily shelling. Civilian casualties are high. Civilians are gradually evacuated to safer regions in the interior of the country.

All over the country - daily drone attacks, frequent rocket attacks. Especially Odessa and the region suffer from drone attacks.

The enemy has been trying to altogether disable Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipro are particularly affected these days. The enemy's goal is most likely to make more of Ukraine unfit for normal life.  A large proportion are moving on to the Western regions of Ukraine, and many women and children are leaving for Europe and beyond. Evacuation seems like the best, albeit painful, solution for tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of civilians. Displaced people remaining in Ukraine receive financial assistance from the state, although not in a significant amount.
​
The economic situation remains difficult. Many large businesses are either destroyed or not operating. However, due to mass immigration, there is a shortage of specialists in some sectors of the economy. Skilled professionals can find work, although it may be necessary to move to another region of the country.
Pensioners and people receiving social benefits receive all payments on time, although their size often only allows them to make ends meet. This problem is partly solved by humanitarian aid from foreign organizations, donors, and mutual assistance within the country, including through churches and organizations such as DMI.

The spirit of volunteerism and mutual aid remains high, although not as high as it was in the first months after the start of the war. This is due to the reduction of domestic financial resources and the accumulated war fatigue. We are tired - we have not slept at night for more than two years, and we cry, but despite everything:
There is no panic inside Ukraine. We continue to live and fight, each in our own place, to pray and do good deeds whenever possible, helping those most in need in our midst and our brave warriors.

- Brother Sasha Malov