Russia (MNN) — Russia claims progress in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. At the same time, Ukraine announced the capture of another Russian village in the Kursk border area, where it launched a surprise counteroffensive two weeks ago.
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The August 6 incursion has boosted morale among Ukrainian forces. “Recently, in a move that meant to change the dynamics of the conflict, the Ukrainian army entered Russia in the region of Kursk,” says Slavic Gospel Association’s Eric Mock.
“It was a surprise to everybody, including the people in that region.”
Ukrainian officials now claim to control over 90 settlements in western Russia. “A vast number of internally displaced people who were in Russian territory there are now displaced and heading north and eastward away from the conflict,” Mock says.
They’re heading straight into towns where SGA partners with Russian churches to hold Christian summer camps for kids each year. Believers quickly switched gears to meet the new needs on their doorstep.
“In a matter of hours, we were able to help them purchase local aid to distribute to hundreds and hundreds of displaced people coming through” the region, Mock says.
Through SGA, you can help bring the hope of Christ to suffering people on both sides of the war. Click here to contribute to SGA’s Ukraine Crisis Fund.
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“This is a significant support requirement in Ukraine as we distribute aid and continue to assist those who are risking their own lives to help people in need. But now the same is true on the Russian side,” Mock says.
“People who have lost everything are coming to these churches. They’re hearing the Gospel of Jesus Christ and coming to faith, and you can see their faces wholly transformed.”
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