Violent conflict erupts in eastern Ukraine!


Donetsk Rally (Andrew Butko)

COGwriter

There is violence in the land of Ukraine:

April 13, 2014

Ukraine’s interior minister says government security forces have launched what he called “an anti-terrorist campaign” in the eastern city of Slovyansk where pro-Russian militants have seized control of official buildings.

Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said on his Facebook page Sunday that gunmen had opened fire on the advancing forces, and that there are dead and wounded on both sides…

In addition to Slovyansk, armed militants with Russian weapons seized police headquarters Saturday in the largely ethnic Russian cities of Donetsk and Kramatorsk.

Around a dozen Berkut, or special forces police, appeared at the Donetsk headquarters, saying they would secure the weapons arsenal in the building…

The takeover of police facilities in Donetsk prompted the city’s police chief to resign.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, in a telephone call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, expressed “strong concern” the attacks on Saturday were orchestrated and synchronized, similar to previous attacks in eastern Ukraine and Crimea. http://www.voanews.com/content/ukraine-launches-antiterrorist-operation-in-slovyansk/1892296.html

April 13, 2014

A Ukrainian special forces officer was killed and five others wounded Sunday in a gunbattle with heavily armed pro-Russian forces who had commandeered a police station in the eastern city of Slovyansk, Ukraine’s top police official said.

The firefight erupted early Sunday as Ukrainian forces moved to clear the building where approximately 20 men dressed in camouflage had seized control the day before. Interior Minister Arsen Avakov said an unspecified number of the pro-Russian activists had been wounded in the exchange.

In addition to the dead and wounded at the police station, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported one person was killed and four others wounded in a gunfight at a checkpoint that appeared to have been set up by pro-Russian forces along the road leading from Slovyansk to the regional capital of Donetsk.

The bloody standoff comes as Kiev faces increasing unrest in the eastern, majority ethnic Russian part of the country that had been the base of support for recently ousted President Viktor Yanukovych. Ukraine’s new government and the West have accused Russia of helping instigate the protests.  http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303887804579498871951664710?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303887804579498871951664710.html

Reports I read earlier indicated that many of the police in Donetsk and eastern Ukraine support those who prefer either independence from Kiev or joining the Russian Federation.

Russia wants as much of Ukraine as possible.  It has thousands of troops on the border to intervene if it feels it wants to.  This is sending a signal to those in Kiev that if they take much military action, Russia may invade.

It is well known that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin wants Ukraine as part of his proposed Eurasian Union.  He is watching this situation and expects to gain territory and/or a buffer zone from the West from all of this.

Many in Ukraine are scared and frightened and need our prayers. While many in western Ukraine seem to be placing their hope in the European Union, that too will not turn out well according to many biblical prophecies (e.g. Revelation 18-19).

Some items of possibly related interest may include:

Russia and Ukraine: Their Origins and Prophesied Future Where do the Russians come from? What about those in the Ukraine? What is prophesied for Russia and its allies? What will they do to the Europeans that supported the Beast in the end?
Ukraine in Prophecy? What is happening in Ukraine? What is known and what is unsure about its future? What is the origin of those who live in Ukraine? What does the Bible teach about the role of the Medes in the end times? Will Ukraine split? Why might part of Ukraine end up in the European Union? Why might part of Ukraine end up in the Eurasian Union? Is war in the prophesied future for Ukraine? What is the ultimate destiny for nearly all Ukrainians?
The Eurasian Union, the Kings of the East, and Bible Prophecy Is there a Eurasian union that will be formed? Is one being formed right now? Are any leaders working on that in the 21st century? Does the Bible teach that there will be a Eurasian union? If some type of Eurasian union is formed, who might it benefit and who will it destroy? A related video would be Is The Eurasian Union Rising?
Is Russia the King of the North? Some claim it is. But what does the Bible teach? Here is a link to a video, also titled Is Russia the King of the North?
Europa, the Beast, and Revelation Where did Europe get its name? What might Europe have to do with the Book of Revelation? What about “the Beast”? Is an emerging European power “the daughter of Babylon”? What is ahead for Europe? Here is a link to a video titled: Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?
Who is the King of the North? Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies for the Great Monarch point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States? In the Spanish language check out ¿Quién es el Rey del Norte? Here is a link to a video titled: The Future King of the North.
Iran in Prophecy Is Iran in Bible prophecy? If so, what does the Bible teach? What names, other than Persia, may be used to describe Iran? There is also a YouTube video titled Iran in Prophecy. Here is a related video Iran In Prophecy.
Prophecies of Barack Obama? Reasons why Barack Obama is apocalyptic and reasons why Barack Obama is not the Antichrist. This article includes many biblical and non-biblical prophecies, from around the world, that seem to discuss Barack Obama. Did Nostradamus predict Barack Obama dealing with the Antichrist? Might Barack Obama set the stage for the kings of the North and South as at least one Shiite prophecy suggests? Read it and decide for yourself if President Obama seems to be fulfilling various prophecies. Watch also the YouTube Barack Obama and the State of the Apocalypse.



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