Officials Warn: Fighting Escalating in Eastern Ukraine

Just a week after Fellowship Senior Vice President Yael Eckstein, visited Ukraine to deliver aid to the country’s struggling Jewish community, fighting has escalated in what some are calling the worst in two years. CNN’s Steve Almasy reports that fighting in eastern Ukraine has once again rained destruction on the residents still caught in the middle of the country’s chaos and conflict:

Fighting in eastern Ukraine between rebels and Ukrainian armed forces is escalating, officials have warned...

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said eight Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Donbass region in two days.

“Occupation forces carried out massive attacks across the contact line using all available weapons, including (artillery, mortars and tanks) — all prohibited by the Minsk agreements — and small arms,” the ministry said. At least 26 troops were wounded…

Please pray for God’s protection over the innocent people threatened and displaced by the ongoing violence.

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