This war has hit a little closer to home. The husband of a female translator used by our preacher on his mission trips to Ukraine in the early 2000s was killed last week. He was transporting senior citizens in a church van to get their medications from a pharmacy. This is something he had been doing for several years.
His wife, who was the translator, and two older teenage children had already evacuated Lviv for safer environs. He stayed behind because he believed it was his calling from the Lord to help senior citizens in this way despite the circumstances in Lviv.
Three Russian soldiers stopped his van and pulled him from the driver's seat. He was executed in the street, supposedly because he was a male of military age. His body was left in the street, and no one was allowed to recover it for burial. The senior citizens in the van were not harmed.
Our preacher has remained close to this family over the years, and he is really hurt by what happened to his friend.