Putin’s War of Revenge on Ukraine

scale war that has left millions of Ukrainians displaced inside their country and beyond. This is a one sided war simply because Ukraine cannot touch Russia in retaliation. The United Nations has been proven to be inept.

High on the agenda was toppling the government of Ukraine's elected president, who Putin thought would be a “pushover”. Sending troops into Ukraine from the north, south and east, Putin told the Russian people his goal was to "demilitarise and de-Nazify Ukraine".

power grids, hospitals, schools, residential areas, and apartment blocks. Land mines litter forests and fields. Missiles rain down daily on all the cities and countryside.

For years, the Russian president has denied Ukraine its own statehood and that Ukraine was part of Russia dating back to the late 9th Century. The internet has many pictures and stories about the former Soviet Union, and the evils of Stalin who killed about 5 or 6 million Ukrainians with starvation called the Holodomar in the 1930’s.

ing, killing, and war.

It is not known how this war on Ukraine will end. What we see is a country devasted by a brutal regime. The people of Russia are NOT inherently wicked, but their despotic leaders are. We see destruction, separated families, wives without husbands, children without fathers. The injuries,scars, and PTSD will last a lifetime. At this time Putin has a warrant for his arrest by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the illegal deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia.

George Leonty in Lviv, Ukraine (2013)

by George Leonty, retired teacher

WhenPutin sent thousands of soldiers into Ukraine from the north on February 24th, 2022 he thought he could sweep into the capital Kyiv in a matter of days and depose the government of former comedian, Volodymyr Zelensky. But, there were no flowers or marching bands to greet this nasty invasion.

Putin described the biggest European invasion since the end of World War Two as a "special military operation" rather than the full-

In 2013, my wife and I toured southern and western Ukraine and all of Crimea. We never saw any nazis or soldiers. We saw a free and friendly country with vast agricultural land, cities with beautiful architecture, railway networks, and lovely countryside. Since 2014, Russia built a 60 km. high-tech security fence along annexed Crimea's border with mainland Ukraine.

It was clear that "denazification” is basically “de-Ukrainization" - in effect erasing the modern state of Ukraine. Putin insists that Ukraine is historically part of Russia, like during the Soviet Union days.

Putin and his Wagner mercenaries commit daily war crimes with the destruction of roads, bridges. dams,

It is disturbing to see pictures of 75 year old Patriarch Kirill, and other Russian Orthodox priests in Russia using censors and holy water to bless rockets, rifles, and jets to be used on Ukraine. Putin is seen in church holding a candle and making the sign of the cross.

Ukraine is not part of NATO, however United States and many NATO countries have supplied tanks, weapons, artillery, medical supplies, generators, and much more.

Dictator Putin on many occasions has made nuclear threats, talking of using all means at his disposal to pursue his insane land grabs. Keep in mind that Russia covers 11 time zones. Hypocrite Putin, who espouses Christianity, would do well to read James 4 in the bible about lust, covet-

About 1.3 million grateful Canadians are of Ukrainian heritage. We are grateful for our ancestors who emigrated in the early 1900’s. Since the start of 2022,more than 132,000 Ukrainian nationals have entered Canada. Settlement agencies can help them with things like finding housing, work, and schools.

Canada still has God in its anthem. Prayer is in order. The internet and youtube have some moving musical prayers for Ukraine that you can listen to.

Slava Ukraini (Glory to Ukraine) Слава Україні!