December 4, 2022 We are sobered and elated as we admire the resilience of the Ukrainian people functioning in the middle of a war and the continual danger from rocket and missile attacks. This is from Chernihiv, where the “Revival” Centre for disabled children continues to provide care for 100 children providing therapy. They function […]
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Our Ukraine war project news today is about providing wood-fired bread ovens for cities under siege in the East. The people in the West are taking a load of ovens to eastern cities to bake bread to feed people through the winter. Vlad Yurishko writes today. Never did I see a more poignant application of […]
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November 30, 2022 “It is completely dark, and all I hear are the dogs barking and howling.” This is what Ivan Yurishko from Khust, in western Ukraine told me on the phone yesterday. Ivan and I know each other and have worked together since 1991. Power outages and rolling blackouts are covering all of Ukraine […]
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November 7, 2022 I hear from Ukraine every day about what people are going through. We at LifeNets work to provide relief in whatever form is needed. The war has wearied all of us and it is wearing down the victims who are now facing the prospect of a cold winter. On Nov 6 I […]
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November 6, 2022 We share this “thank you” from the Chernihiv Provincial Government to the Transcarpathia Military Administration for facilitating the care of almost 100 children in the war zone for two months during July/August 2022. In Chernihiv, the children along with everyone were subjected to constant gunfire and explosions for a full month. We […]
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November 4, 2022 Winter is coming to Ukraine as the vicious Russian invasion continues. Russia has been unsuccessful militarily at subjugating the people so it is resorting to attacking the civilian population. It has been destroying power plants and hopes to freeze and starve out the Ukrainian people. It is estimated that 30 percent of […]
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October 30, 2022 Херсон Is how Kherson is spelled in Ukrainian. It is the site of the latest bloody battle in Ukraine that is raging at this very moment. A few days ago, the Russians lost 480 soldiers and that number mounts daily. Estimates are that they have lost more than 70,000 men in the […]
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September 1, 2022 Nearly 100 children from Chernihiv had relief from the war taking place in their home area. They spent two months in Transcarpathia and returneed home in late August 2002.
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September 5, 2022 Meet some of our Vinogradov children more than 20 years later… Since 2001 LifeNets has sponsored a Soup Kitchen for street children and orphans and abused children coming from difficult families in Vinogradov, Ukraine. The background to the story can be found at https://www.lifenets.org/vinogradov. We deeply appreciate those who helped, notably Scott […]
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