March 22, 2022

Praise Points

Highlights

  • US
    • Rhetoric Change #1 – Biden – They are also suggesting that Ukraine has biological and chemical weapons in Ukraine. That’s a clear sign he’s considering using both of those. He’s already used chemical weapons in the past, and we should be careful of what’s about to come.”
    • Rhetoric Change #2 – Biden spoke after the Pentagon said it had seen “clear evidence” Russian forces were committing war crimes and that it was helping collect evidence.
    • Rhetoric Change #3 – Biden said only India among the Quad group of countries was “somewhat shaky” in acting against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, as India tries to balance its ties with Russia and the west. (Quad military alliance – India, Japan, US & Australia)
    • Rhetoric Change #4 – Senior U.S. defense official: U.S. will continue to deliver weapons to Ukraine that the military “knows how to use”
    • Rhetoric Change #5 – US Responds to Russia summoning of Amb. Sullivan to complain about Prez. Biden’s rhetoric. State says “it is awfully rich to hear a country speak about inappropriate comments when that same country is engaged in mass slaughter”
    • Travel Plan Change – SecDef Austin will be accompanying President Biden this week to both NATO headquarters in Brussels and to Poland
  • Europe
    • Rhetoric Change – Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign affairs chief, heralded new plans to develop an “EU Rapid Deployment Capacity” that could allow the bloc to “swiftly deploy up to 5,000 troops” for different types of crises. He insisted a “European army” will not be created. “Putin is using refugees as a tool of war against Europe.” “NATO does not guarantee solutions to all of Europe’s security problems”
    • EU Membership – Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi: At EU Foreign Ministers meeting FAC for @EU_Commission today: EU continues to stand by Ukraine & its people, delivering assistance. And we started working on delivering an opinion on the basis of the application for membership for Ukraine. We will work as fast as we can.
  • UN
    • Correction – The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights admitted today that Ukraine’s civilian death toll is likely “far higher” than 900
  • Ukraine
    • Sabotage – A sabotage group was neutralized in Transcarpathia
    • Talks – Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for direct talks with his Russian counterpart as the key to ending the war.
    • Refugees – Over 3.5 million Ukrainians have now fled the country – UNHCR
    • Kherson – Ukrtelecom has just restored the Internet in Kherson and the region. New @Planet satellite imagery from March 21st of Kherson airbase seems to indicate its been emptied of any functional military aircraft and the wrecks have been moved indicated the Ukrainian Military rendered the this key airfield unusable.
    • No Air Superiority – Pentagon: Still no Russian air superiority, thanks to a “very creative air defense posture” by Ukraine. Ukrainians are being very resourceful. Last 24-48 hrs, seen air activity increase. Russia has flown >300 sorties in last 24 hours. Ukraine picked up pace as well
    • Mariupol – The UK’s ministry of defence says Ukrainian forces continue to repulse Russian attempts to occupy the southern city of Mariupol while Russian forces elsewhere in Ukraine have “endured yet another day of limited progress” with most forces largely stalled in place.
  • Russia
    • Truth – Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, says that according to Russian ministry of defense numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers died in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured. The last official Russian KIA figure, on March 2, was 498 (The paper later released a statement claiming it had been hacked.)Military – The Ukrainian military has released its operational report as of 6am this morning, claiming Russian forces have stockpiles of ammunition and food that will last for “no more than three days”.
    • Hypersonic Missiles – Russian Ministry of Defense says Kinzhal missiles were launched from 1000kms distance and with conventional warheads and highlights that these missiles could be used “at larger distances and with other warheads” hypersonic
    • Occupied Territories – Ukraine said Russia “continues to mobilize citizens of the quasi-formation of the LPR” however “a large part of the population does not support the policy of the occupiers, does not want to take up arms and hides from the representatives of the occupying power.” It is significant that mobilization is carried out chaotically, the people who are mobilized are not distributed by specialties, most of them have no military specialty, because they have never served in the military. Contracts are signed with citizens who have Russian passports, and those who have only a pseudo-republic passport are registered as volunteers.”
    • Military Losses – Ukrainian Military officials said they estimate Russian lost about 300 personnel on Monday alone. Russian fighter jet shot and damaged over Chuhuiv, crashed on the Russian side of the border – head of regional administration
    • Protests – Marina Ovsyannikova a week ago showed up on almost every tv in Russia with a homemade sign telling Russian’s that the state has been lying about the war and it has sent shockwaves through those with ears to hear
    • Navalny – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has been found guilty of large-scale fraud by a Russian court, report Reuters. Russian prosecutors are seeking to move Navalny to a maximum security penal colony for 13 years on charges of fraud and contempt of court.
    • Communications – Russia is increasingly relying on unclassified communications in Ukraine due to issues with established links: senior U.S. defense official
  • Belarus
    • Blockade – Antiwar activist in Poland have blocked trucks coming from Belarus, closing a key way that Russia can continue to get trade with the west. The result is a back log of as many as 15,000 trucks over 40 km long
    • Mobilization – US is NOT seeing any indications that Belarus is positioning troops or making moves in preparation to send troops into Ukraine, per a senior US defense official
  • China
    • Change in Rhetoric – China’s envoy to the U.S., Qin Gang, on Sunday said China “will do everything” to de-escalate the war and said Beijing hadn’t sent any “weapons and ammunition” to any side

Praise Points Extended
Ukraine

    • Mariupol – Russia demanded Mariupol’s surrender by this morning but Ukraine rejected it now the Russians are offered by “safe passage” out of Mariupol into other Russian-occupied areas. The block-by-block fighting in Mariupol itself is costing the Russian military time, initiative, and combat power.Ukrainian Drone Strikes – Aerorozvidka, a specialist air reconnaissance unit within the army, says it has destroyed dozens of “priority targets” including Russian tanks, command trucks, and other vehicles in nighttime raids. Russian forces stop moving during the night and typically hide their tanks in between houses in villages where conventional artillery cannot strike them, Yaroslav Honchar, the unit commander based in Kyiv. “We strike at night, when Russians sleep,” Honchar told the paper. “In the night it’s impossible to see our drones.” “We look specifically for the most valuable truck in the convoy and then we hit it precisely and we can do it really well with very low collateral damage. Even in the villages, it’s possible. You can get much closer at night,” he said.
    • Ukraine’s Drones – Aerorozvidka, a specialist air recon unit within the army, says it has destroyed dozens of “priority targets” including Russian tanks, command trucks, and other vehicles in nighttime raids. Russian forces stop moving during the night and typically hide their tanks in between houses in villages where conventional artillery cannot strike them, Yaroslav Honchar, the unit commander based in Kyiv. “We strike at night, when Russians sleep,” Honchar told the paper. “In the night it’s impossible to see our drones.” “We look specifically for the most valuable truck in the convoy and then we hit it precisely and we can do it really well with very low collateral damage. Even in the villages, it’s possible. You can get much closer at night,” he said.
    • Hacking – 300,000 Hacker Army – DDOS & advertising
    • Victories In the North – military column was destroyed near Sumy and 2 trains of armor were destroyed and one makeshift bridge collapsed with armor
    • Odessa – no signs of impending assault to the southwest
    • India & China – refused to support a spurious statement in the UN
    • Worship – Songs are beginning to arise and rally the people to God and to unity and to hope
    • Major Victory at Voznesensk – Blocking Russia from invading the Western Heartland
    • Mariupol – Direct hit on Theater where 1000+ people were sheltering. Initially thought all dead, they are digging through the rubble and find many if not all alive! 11,000 people have been able to flee while under fire
    • Melitopol Mayor – Released
    • Human Traffickers – stopped, revealed and captured
    • Refugees – 3+ million – able to flee
    • Evacuation – 3000+ have escaped Mariupol
    • Limited Loss of Life – considering the number of rockets, the type of cluster and thermobaric rockets used and the overwhelming amount of artillery involved
    • Unity & Courage – the people continue to rise up as one both on the frontlines and in occupied territory
    • Arms & Supplies – coming from the West, fresh batch was promised from the US yesterday including 100 UAVs
    • Protection – of Zelensky and other leaders
    • Intel – the amount of intel that is flooding in from allies and from people on the ground is allowing for unbelievable accurate strikes on command posts and the ability to take out generals and other high-ranking officers
  • Russia
    • Russian Naval Commander Shot – Ukrainian forces have shot dead in Mariupol the deputy commander of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, First rank captain Andrey Paliy, 51.
    • Russian Losses – General Staff of Armed forces of Ukraine estimates Russian army fatalities at 15000 dead while UK estimates 1000 Russians each day injured or dead. Along with 498 Tanks, 1538 Large Mobile Rocket Launchers, 240 Artillery Systems, 80 Small Mobile Rocket Launchers, 97 Planes, 121 Helicopters, 969 Vehicles, 3 Ships & 24 drones destroyed
    • Russian Attack Ineffective – Ammonia leak at Khimprom in Sumy from attack. Affected area is about 2.5 km. The direction of the wind to the Novoselytsia village. Emergency crews are working. There is no threat to Sumy at the moment (wind direction not to the city)
    • Russian Central Bank – Elvira Nabuillina head of central bank stepped resigned after being tapped for a third term – declaring 70% inflation and that the war had plunged the economy into the sewer
    • Russian General Arrested Roman Gavrilov, head of Rosgvardia,
    • Russian Lieutenant-General Killed – Andrey Mordvichev, commander of the 8th army of the southern military district, was killed when Ukrainian armed forces destroyed a command post at an airfield in Kherson,
    • Putin’s Paranoia – last month replaced entire personal staff 1000 persons
    • Putin’s Health – appears bloated and suggested misuse of steroids to stay young looking and fit – resulting in anxiety & rage and irrationality
    • No Air Superiority­ – The UK Ministry of Defence said Russia had still failed to gain control of the skies over Ukraine
    • China – pro Russia propaganda has disappeared from Weibo – the only trending item is the Zelensky addressing Congress
    • Russia Running Out of Weapons – using weapons that are difficult to replace – Kalibr cruise middles launched from Black Sea and Caspian fleet, Cruise missiles launched at Lviv from sub in Black Sea and hypersonic missiles
    • Moscow Sports Stadium Rally – Most of the 80,000 in Luzhniki told they were forced to come and participate in this show
    • Russia is beginning to lose so many troops after 3 weeks of war in Ukraine that frontline soldiers are starting to worry about how long they can hold out, officials told
    • Space – 3 Russian cosmonauts arrived at the space station wearing Ukrainian colors
    • Putin’s speech cut off for no reason + public appearance
    • Syria – No evidence of any fighters coming from Syria
    • Putin’s Cabinet – haven’t been seen in any meaningful way since Tuesday and some since Sunday. He stands alone
    • People – protesting and being arrested
    • Navy – Crimea Fleet’s 2x failure/refusal to attack Odessa
    • Air Force – Failure to establish air superiority –miraculous
    • FSB – Putin turning on the FSB – putting the supreme commander of external operations and his deputy under house arrest
    • Generals – Putin is turning on his generals – fired as many as 8 (out of 20) – many in his inner circle questioning his decision-making ability/paranoia, while four generals have been shot
    • Oligarchs – suffering great loss – children & wives speaking out
    • People – protesting and being arrested
    • Navalny – jailed anti-corruption lawyer still getting his voice out, and more so with his 2nd case closing now
    • The Church – beginning to speak out, even Russian Orthodox priests arrested.
  • Europe/US
    • Poland will formally submit a proposal for a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine at the next NATO summit, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday
    • Czech, Poland & Slovenia – their Prime Ministers at great risk to their lives traveled to Ukraine (in blatant contrast to the “great powers” of Europe) to meet with Zelensky and to demonstrate that they believe that their fate is inextricably tied to that of Ukraine
    • Slovakia – wants to provide S-300 anti-aircraft systems many of which can hit the high-altitude bombers
    • UK – more sanctions coming with 50 more oligarchs and family members included
    • US – more military & humanitarian aid, senators calling for planes and high-altitude missiles
    • Israel – Ukraine President Zelensky tells Israeli members of Knesset the Russian invasion is an all out war the is aimed at destroying Ukraine people and this is why it resembles what the Nazis did to the Jewish people in the Holocaust while the Russians attempted and failed to hack his broadcast
  • China
    • Unwilling – in spite of 8 years of developing a mutually beneficial financial relationship with Russia, China is still attempting to maintain plausible deniability, meaning they are not certain Russia will succeed, and therefore withholding real support

Prayer Points

  • Highlights
    • US & the EU will discover the backbone to cease talking and begin to DO. Providing the means necessary for Ukraine to defend itself FULLY and to communicate to Putin in a way he can hear that he has gone to far, and his end is nigh.
    • Russia – that Truth would triumph, Putin’s allies would turn on him, that he will come to his senses and the people would rise up.
    • Occupied Territories – Casualties reported after Russian troops opened fire on protest in Kherson. Russian troops kidnapped town head of Berislav and local activist, their whereabouts not known for 3 days. Pastors taken. Women and Children forcibly deported to deepest Russia. Human Rights abuse reported similar to the taking of Berlin in 1945.
    • Belarus – Will Not Engage in Ukraine
    • Syrian Fighters – Syrian Troops will not reach Ukraine
    • Slovakia – will release S300 Antiaircraft missile systems to Ukraine
    • Poland – will release MiG29s to Ukraine
    • NATO – Meeting Thursday
    • False Flag Events – Russia accusing Ukraine of chemical and biological weapons planned attacks
    • China, India, Saudi Arabia & the UAE would be pushed out of the middle and into open and active denunciation of Russia.
    • Allow Evacuation & Humanitarian Aid – Russian troops reportedly stopped a convoy of buses travelling to Mariupol to evacuate residents
    • Mariupol protection for all there.
    • Food & Water for all
    • Zaporozhia – 38-hour curfew now to stop infiltration as Russians are 40 miles from the city of 750,000.
    • Bombers incoming all across Ukraine
    • Protection – of water, electricity, TV and communication infrastructure
    • The Church to ARISE!!!
  • Ukraine
    • Mariupol – Russia continues to bomb with impunity and the loss of life and the suffering is great. Pray 2 Kings 6-7 – that there would be a sudden collapse of the Russian army and the be saved.
    • Ukrainian People – pray against exhaustion and despair – Pray Isaiah 40:31 & Jeremiah 29:11-13 – that the people would turn to the Lord and He’d renew their strength & that praise would arise
    • Ukrainian Army in Donbas – that Russia would not be able to surround it, but rather they themselves would be surrounded and confused and defeated – Pray 2 Kings 6
    • Protection of the Weak & the Refugees
    • Food for the Hungry – 3-4 months supply
    • Supplies for the Doctors
    • Supplies where they are needed on the front
    • Infrastructure Protected – water treatment plants, power, etc.
    • Mariupol – for a breakthrough for humanitarian aid and for the army there and supernatural protection for the people suffering without food, water or electricity and attacks.
    • Kharkiv – for supplies to reach them and for protection from unceasing attacks
    • Kherson & Melitopol – for protection of public figures, the people to continue to resist
    • Kiev – for protection for the people and courage and wisdom on how to stop the tanks
    • Church – continue to rise up and run to the battle in worship, in prayer and to the front lines with care for the least of these
  • Russia
    • Putin – isolated and sounding increasingly unhinged and Soviet, calling all who oppose the war traitors and working for the West – Pray for a Daniel to stand by him & bring him to God (Daniel 4)
    • Russian People & Churches – to be encouraged to speak out and rise up – Pray Ezekiel 33 for them to have courage to war for the soul of their nation
    • Russia’s Allies – will turn on each other – Pray 2 Chronicles 20
    • People – RISE UP, SPEAK OUT, discover and believe the truth
    • The Truth – for the truth to get out, whether by hacking TV stations or TV anchors speaking out – by every means!
    • Oligarchs, FSB & Military – turn on Putin
    • Economy – for sanctions to effectively turn the allies of Putin
    • Military – surrender arms or be so confounded that nothing they do works
      • In the South – that their advances would be stopped
      • In the North – that their tanks and their bombs would not work and supply chains would break down
      • Black Sea Fleet – would once again return to Crimea without making an amphibious assault
    • Europe & the US
      • Slovakia – has changed and said it will only give the missiles if NATO will backfill their arsenal, the same situation that Poland had, pray they release the missiles to Ukraine
      • NATO – pray they stand with Ukraine providing it the high-altitude defenses it needs – Pray Psalm 82 and that they rise up against the horrific injustice rather than try to wait Russia out
      • No-Fly Zone – that Europe & America will close Ukrainian airspace to Russian planes and missiles
      • Polish MiG-29s – allow them to get to Ukraine
      • European & American Will – for the bravery of Poland, Czech & Slovenia to reveal the cowardice of the rest of the West and for a line to be crossed that galvanizes the people of the West to demand that a no-fly zone for Ukraine, like was done in Northern Iraq
      • Planes & High Altitude Missiles – provide the means to reach and stop the bombers and missiles that are ravaging Ukraine
    • China
      • Divide China – Turn them on Russia overtly
      • No Arms – let them provide no arms or other military supplies (like MREs)
      • No Financial Support – that the somewhat independent banking sector would refuse to risk international sanctions and that all loopholes would be closed
      • Set Divide with Saudi Arabia to stop them selling oil in Yuan
    • India
      • No Support of Russia – they would cease abstaining in the UN
      • No Financial Deals with Russia – purchase no oil
      • Modi to Fall – that this would expose him and his party
      • The World – all would turn on India for attempting to circumvent sanctions
    • UAE
      • No Support of Russia – they would cease abstaining in the UN
      • Sell Oil to Europe – increase production
    • Saudi Arabia
      • No Support of Russia or China – they would not sell in Yuan and would divert Chinese purchases to Europe
      • Sell Oil to Europe – increase production

Prayer Strategies

  • Truth
    • Lyubyanka would Fall – the KGB Archives would be taken and the truth of the past 100 years for the entire former Soviet Union would come out and cause a massive reset in Truth
    • Practical Preparations and Strategies for the Church – that they would be ready to come to the harvest while providing for the weak and vulnerable
  • Freedom
    • Governments – established in freedom of fear, domination, control or corruption throughout the world
      • Russia, Ukraine & Belarus
      • The rest of the Former Soviet Union
      • China, India, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia
    • Mafia – all power and human trafficking cut off and destroyed
  • Revival Harvest
    • Ukraine – would be set ablaze with the Gospel
    • Russia – would ignite
    • Former Soviet Union – would be consumed
    • The Rest of the World – would burn with God’s Love
  • A Future
    • Food – Joseph-like strategies to prepare food and to ensure a harvest in 2022
    • Rebuilding – Finance and resources would be being allocated and prepared for rebuilding Ukraine
    • Resource Independence – that the world as a whole will move away from sources that prop up oppression and violence