Ukrainian soldiers believe ‘God is helping us’ and report ‘strange things are happening’ to protect them, ‘bullets are just passing us by, instead of hitting us,’ pastor tells ALL ISRAEL NEWS: Ukrainian brothers and sisters in the faith are very encouraged and strengthened by the knowledge that believers around the world are praying diligently and fervently for them. That is what an American pastor told us in an exclusive interview with ALL ISRAEL NEWS. The pastor, who asked to remain anonymous, lived in Belarus for many years and continues to serve there. He said his Ukrainian Messianic Jewish friends strongly believe God is answering the prayers of Jesus followers around the world on their behalf. “And not only are they encouraged by that,” he said, “but they're getting reports from quite a number of soldiers that are saying strange things are happening.” “They're saying, ‘we're seeing things at night that we don't normally see that save us.’ “It seems like sometimes bullets are just passing us by, instead of hitting us’ and things like this,” he said. Those he spoke with are in shock. One Messianic congregation leader in Ukraine shared in his Shabbat message that he feels like “he is dreaming” and that “it’s not really happening.” Ukraine says kill squad sent to assassinate president has been 'destroyed': Sympathetic Russian agents allegedly tipped Ukraine off about the plot. https://www.theblaze.com/news/zelenskyy-kill-squad-destroyed-ukraine-says China says it is willing to mediate between Russia and Ukraine after saying it 'deeply regretted' the war in sign that Beijing's support for Putin is wavering: Beijing said that 'Ukraine is willing to strengthen communications with China.' the assassins were assassinated :amen: Report: Russian Marines Mutiny When Ordered to Attack Ukrainian Beach, Assault Canceled: Reports in Ukrainian media suggest that a Russian attempt to land troops near the coastal city of Odessa ended in failure, with Russian marines refusing to attack in an act of mutiny. The Ukrainian newspaper Dumskaya claims to have contacted parents of Russian marines assigned to the 810th Naval Infantry Brigade whose sons told them that they refused to assault the Bay of Odesa. The Russian troops, reportedly conscripts, were afraid to fight Ukrainian forces, many of whom are experienced in warfare from Ukraine’s years of armed strife in the Donbas region, the newspaper said. Ukraine’s former ambassador to Austria, Olexander Scherba, indicated that a Russian naval landing at Odessa was aborted in unclear circumstances on Monday night. “Last night a large group of RU warships was about to launch landing on Odessa beaches,” he tweeted. “They approached the coast. RU was about to shell the beach. UA was about to shoot back, when they suddenly withdrew. Reports that marines from Crimea refused to attack Odessa.” Dumskaya reported that a “riot” broke out on board the Russian warships off the coast of Odessa as Ukrainian troops were preparing to defend the population center against an amphibious assault. The Russian fleet is said to have contacted the Ukrainian defenders of Odessa informing them that the attack on the city had been canceled, according to the report. The Ukrainians believed that the invasion fleet was primed to begin a bombardment of Odessa’s beaches, which reportedly had been filled with anti-tank mines, obstacles and traps for the unwelcome guests. The Russians reportedly asked for safe passage to leave the Bay of Odessa. Ukrainian forces permitted the fleet to leave the vicinity of the city. Report: Biden Admin Gave China Intel On Russia, Beijing Gave it to Moscow: A stunning report in The New York Times on Friday claims that the Biden administration essentially showed all of its cards to China regarding Russia’s troop buildup and activity prior to the invasion of Ukraine, ostensibly in an attempt to get Beijing to convince Moscow not to go in. “Over three months, senior Biden administration officials held half a dozen urgent meetings with top Chinese officials in which the Americans presented intelligence showing Russia’s troop buildup around Ukraine and beseeched the Chinese to tell Russia not to invade,” The Times reported. “Each time, the Chinese officials, including the foreign minister and the ambassador to the United States, rebuffed the Americans, saying they did not think an invasion was in the works. After one diplomatic exchange in December, U.S. officials got intelligence showing Beijing had shared the information with Moscow, telling the Russians that the United States was trying to sow discord — and that China would not try to impede Russian plans and actions,” the paper continued. Russian forces on Tuesday damaged Babi Yar, one of Europe’s most prominent Holocaust memorials, amid a brutal onslaught of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. The damage by Putin quickly drew international condemnation: As of this writing, we don’t know if Putin is a type of Gog and Magog, or perhaps the real thing, only time will reveal that. But either way, his decision to bomb the Babi Yar Memorial, just days after announcing Russia no longer recognizes Jewish sovereignty over the Golan Heights and Jerusalem, leaps right off the pages of your King James Bible. Remember, it involves Bible prophecy when it involves the Jews and Israel, and we have seen repeated shots by Putin over the course of the past 7 days proving that very thing. History seems to be repeating itself in any event. The White House on Tuesday afternoon said President Joe Biden spoke with Zelenskyy about “Russia’s escalation of attacks on sites used by civilians in Ukraine, including today’s bombing near Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial.” Babi Yar is the site of one of the worst mass killings during the Nazi occupation of Ukraine. In September 1941, Nazi forces killed more than 33,000 Jewish people — Kyiv’s Jewish population at the time — in one of the worst mass murders during the Holocaust and World War II. The site of the killings in Kyiv is now a memorial to the victims and an international monument against such violence. The complex also holds memorials to others murdered by the Nazis, including Roma and Ukrainian resisters. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine would lead to the “denazification” of the country and end a made-up “genocide” of Russian-speaking Ukrainians, which is not occurring, in the country’s east. Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, is both a native Russian speaker from Ukraine’s east and Jewish. Holocaust remembrance groups around the world strongly condemned the damaging of the site. The U.S. Holocaust Museum wrote it is "outraged at the damage inflicted on the Babyn Yar memorial by Russia’s attack today," calling the site "sacred ground" in a tweet. "We condemn the attack on the Jewish cemetery near the memorial site commemorating the Holocaust of the Jews of Kyiv and the murder of the Jewish people in Babi Yar. We call for preserving and respecting the sanctity of the site," according to a translation of a tweet by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid that did not mention Russia by name. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/01/ukraine-holocaust-babi-yar/6979800001/ Europe's largest nuclear power plant on fire after Russian attack says local mayor: BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine, March 4 (Reuters) - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, was on fire early on Friday after an attack by Russian troops, the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar said. There has been fierce fighting between local forces and Russian troops, Dmytro Orlov said in an online post, adding that there had been casualties without giving details. Earlier, Ukrainian authorities reported Russian troops were stepping up efforts to seize the plant and had entered the town with tanks. BORODYANKA/LVIV, Ukraine, March 4 (Reuters) - The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the largest of its kind in Europe, was on fire early on Friday after an attack by Russian troops, the mayor of the nearby town of Energodar said. There has been fierce fighting between local forces and Russian troops, Dmytro Orlov said in an online post, adding that there had been casualties without giving details. Earlier, Ukrainian authorities reported Russian troops were stepping up efforts to seize the plant and had entered the town with tanks. "As a result of continuous enemy shelling of buildings and units of the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant is on fire," Orlov said on his Telegram channel, citing what he called a threat to world security. He did not give details. I recommend these two articles to make a little sense of what is really going on. Lew Rockwell is a quite good source of information. https://www.lewrockwell.com/2022/03/david-stockman/the-land-where-history-died-part-1/ https://gilbertdoctorow.com/2022/02/26/the-russian-way-of-war/ Thank you, Arthur, for the back story. Now I understand a little of why Putin keeps talking about Nazis.
China's foreign minister Wang Yi also said that the situation in Ukraine 'should be resolved through negotiations' and that he 'deeply regrets' the conflict.
