One of the traditional traps the Enemy wants to impart in you is to hate your adversary.

Nothing is farther from the truth.

While Russians destroy Ukrainian property and lives, a little Russian is actually
your friend. He is just as scared for his life and he just as like hates stupid orders he receives from his generals to destroy the homes and lives of people that never harmed him in the first place. Just because someone decided they
are nazis destined for "denazification".

I know a girl from Kharkiv. She was a LiveMe broadcaster, she identified with Kitana from Mortal Combat and no Nazis or Neonazis. But her home is now
just as pounded with shells and mortars and I don't know if she is even alive now or what happened to her. For it might be very hard to broadcast now from Kharkiv, now that there might not be even electricity to power up the PC or even smartphone.

Imagine how thin is our civilisation, when we'd lose all our comfort within
48 hours from losing 220 V power grid. Our smartphone chargers can't
even interface with car batteries!

We are not at all prepared for a nuclear holocaust, and very few understand what a setback it would be. I sincerely doubt even Mr. Putin does.

Maybe he thinks that strategic nukes are just somewhat stronger bombs.
Maybe that's why his generals ordered his troops to dig in by the Chornobyl plant, where there is so much residual radiation - an order they would
never get from me, so I consider those who ordered it inferior. Though
they may still surprise me with cruelty in the destruction of innocent lives and
their homes.

But the victory is not to get swayed by all that into hatred for Russians. There are very good Russians whom I admire and respect. They just don't
get to say because of a bad system.

And the Ukrainians are defending a better system, a democracy in which
they are allowed to speak contrary to the government, general, or even president. And this is why they must win.

Because what Ukraine represents, even when it is largely corrupt and
not perfect, is better than what Mr. Putin represents. I am not particularly fond of the gay lobby or gay prides. But I don't want my faith to be defended in the way Mr. Putin defends it. I want it the people to choose my Saviour
in freedom, by their own choice and their own free will. Not because of
fear of retribution, but because they love Him.

And this is the final Truth. God is Love, not the system or oppression. Wherever the Spirit is, there is freedom.

Not chains, not shackles, not imprisonment for insulting for insulting
the church and the state, but suffering insults for the sake of the Lord.

How much this is harder and different. God is very unlike a tyrant or a dictator, or an oligarch. God allows diversity and sees strength in it,
not a threat. God is really not endangered by any gay or lesbian, and
neither is his will that they would be imprisoned for the sake of Christ
or morals. For He endured much more through the ages and the church persisted.

Ukraine had already won the moral battle. Winning the moral battle and
having the ideological advantage is 90% of the victory on the battlefield.

However, the last 10% will have to be done by brave and great Ukrainian soldiers and the girls and women who pray for them and think of them.
For it is much more profitable to fight or even die defending one's home
and family than die as a rapist and a murderer of innocent civilians and people.

The key in this victory is winning the support of the little people in
Donbas region. I see those brave Ukrainian defenders had much greater
success in the areas where the population was supporting them, and
this had prevailed over advanced weaponry. It must be explained to
the little Russian in the Donbas region that he'd be better off in free Ukraine that in an oligarchic Russian empire under sanctions in a region never recognised but more than a fistful of countries in the UN.

And that must be meant for sure, without deceit or treachery. There
must be a change of heart from nationalism to universalism and
inclusion of minorities to win this war in the Donbas region. For
weapons alone do not win the war, not even American weapons.
But the hearts of the people.

And it must be the change from the heart. They will not be impressed
by torches in parades, but by open love and acceptance, with forgiveness
and abolition. Every Russian that rebelled but had not committed war
crimes or crimes against humanity must be forgiven. For there are
many good and honest men among them. Who just as much thought they
are defending their homes and families. Their beloved.

They should surely not be punished for that. Satan hunts in the dark
and in the fog. The key of the wars of this age is that good and evil
people are intertwined and one cannot fight evil people without harming
the good ones. Nobody is completely evil in these days and nobody is
completely good.

The fight of completely good people against completely evil people will
be Armageddon. And this is not this fight. Or not yet. But the certain way
to get to the wrong side in the battle of Armageddon is to worship power, money, and sex. This now amounts to 90% of people. So, we are not ready.

Let us not judge our enemy, nor desire final reckoning. For we are simply
not ready. A lot of bad will have to happen before the greater good comes.

The good news is that the price for the conversion of evil people to the
the good side was paid 2000 years ago, at the cross of the Calvary.
One Man was hanged and nailed to the cross for saying that we
should be kind to each other.

His message is not obsolete in these days, nor in the days to come.

in the Lord
Amen

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Certainly, to win God's favour not only in first responding to the Russian incursion,
but also to regain territorial sovereignty as of Budapest Memorandum's and internationally recognised borders, Ukraine would have to accept inclusion not only for Russian minorities and their cultural autonomy where they are relative majority.

The new Ukraine would have to implement greater social justice and inclusion of other ethnic, religious, and cultural minorities, disabled, handicapped, and mentally ill.

Without becoming a more just and humane society that would empower and give equity to the less fortunate, less healthy, and weak, Ukraine will hardly gain population
support in the Donbas region. Full pardon and abolition of the insurgency and cooperation
with hostile army are required, save for those who participated in war crimes and crimes
against humanity (which never undergoes statute on limitation).

It is important to emphasise now in the times of war that war crimes and the crimes
against humanity are prosecuted on the international level, and probably more democratic countries will adopt the ethics and conduct of war and prosecute or hand
over their own citizens who neglected their conscience and brought shame upon their
country, nation, and religion.

Such Tribunal and punishment are not perfect in showing an example, as war criminals
get out of the prison and get praised by their countrymen. In the Balkan Dirty War,
many weren't even prosecuted, and some were prosecuted on wrong charges (such as doubtful "commanding responsibility" in cases where there was a case of local
and individual vengeance and retribution without given command). But such Tribunals
are a desperate attempt of human civilisation to restore its ethnics and morals which
are trampled and defied by individuals and governments, bringing them to Justice.

To be on the safe side, the spirit of the cultural autonomy and inclusion must be
implemented, not just the letter of the law which remains a dead letter on paper
powerless to stop innate ethnic and religious hatred and social discrimination by the common people and individuals in authority in practice.

in the Lord
Amen

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Though it seems awful to compare Russian incursion with the medical professionals who
have sworn the Hipocrates' oath not to harm any human being, statistics are ruthless:
79,500 unborn children have been killed at the hands of abortion medical professionals
in the year 2019 in Ukraine alone.

Apart from more than 3 million lost in a period of 10 years due to emigration and population
aging, this is a loss comparable to all deaths inflicted by the Russian army.

If Ukraine wants help from God Creator of the Universe, the Maker of Adam and Eve, I reckon
the Ukrainian people and especially girls and women should show greater respect for human
life. Though in the "holy Russia" a girl or woman in fertile age is twice as likely to undergo an
abortion procedure within a year, in Croatia for example this rate is 5x lower (UN statistics).

Defending a pro-life cause is not very popular, because people want sex without obligation
and responsibility. This is unlikely to move God's hand to help Ukraine's sovereignty.

I think I have largely put into words what I believe is necessary to win God's favour in this
dire situation.

This might put the country in line with Poland and Hungary, but I firmly believe that protecting
innocent unborn lives is a worthy cause.

in the Lord
Amen

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