April 1, 2022

Praise Reports

  • Mariupol – Around 2,000 evacuated civilians from the Ukrainian city of Mariupol besieged by Russian forces appear to be on their way to safety, according to reports from the city’s city council.
  • Luhanks – The governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk region says that five humanitarian corridors have been agreed in his region for today.
  • Kiev – liberated villages on the border of Kherson and Dnipropetrovsk regions along with villages and suburbs to the west, northwest and east of Kiev retaking huge swaths of territory but also of Russian defensive positions.
  • Chernihiv – Ukrainian military destroyed Russian military column in Chernihiv region
  • Russian Missiles – Russian forces have fired 1,400 missiles at Ukraine since the start of the war but again only about 60% have worked on impact.
  • Chernobyl – Russian forces have left the Chernobyl power plant, says the Ukrainian Atomic Energy Ministry citing Chernobyl personnel.
  • Superior Arms – Britain and its allies have agreed to send air and coastal defense systems, longer-range artillery and counter battery capabilities, armored vehicles as well as provide wider training and logistical support to Ukraine, British defense minister Ben Wallace said. And Australian prime minister Scott Morrison has said Australia will send armored Bushmaster vehicles to Ukraine after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy specifically asked for them during a video appeal to Australian lawmakers.
  • US Navy – US SecDef has decided to keep both USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier strike group and 82nd Airborne Division  in place for now in the Adriatic
  • Belgorod – Russia has accused Ukraine of sending attack helicopters across the border to strike an oil storage facility in what would be the first raid on Russian soil since the outbreak of the war if confirmed. Ukraine has not confirmed that it launched the attack. Ukraine ‘cannot confirm nor reject’ alleged involvement in depot strike, foreign minister Kuleba says.
  • Europe – To buy Russian gas, they need to open rouble accounts in Russian banks,” Putin said in a televised appearance on Thursday. “It is from those accounts that gas will be paid for, starting 1 April. If such payments aren’t made, we will consider this a failure by the client to comply with its obligations.” The threat of a gas shutoff was reduced, however, as details emerged about the new deal, which appeared to allow European buyers to continue to pay for gas in euros and dollars. The decree Putin signed on Thursday authorizes the state-controlled Gazprombank to open foreign currency and rouble accounts for gas purchases. European buyers would pay in foreign currency and then authorize Gazprombank to make the conversion into roubles, which would then be used to formally purchase the gas.
  • Russian Elite – Divisions are forming in the government over the war and the eventual outcome

Pray Points

  • For the Weak – Russia has flown more than 300 air sorties over Ukraine in the past 24 hours: senior U.S. defense official
  • Russian Elites – to turn on one another and on Putin
  • Russian Conscripts – President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a decree ordering 134,500 new conscripts into the army as part of Russia’s annual spring draft, but the defence ministry said the call-up had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine.
  • Russian Mercenaries – British military intelligence said on Monday the Russian private military company, the Wagner Group, has been deployed to eastern Ukraine. “They are expected to deploy more than 1,000 mercenaries, including senior leaders of the organization, to undertake combat operations,” Britain’s Ministry of Defense said. These are particularly used to create terror to break the back of citizen resistance in occupied territories
  • Russian Military – continuing to press in the north, but the real danger is that Russia seems to preparing for an all-out push in Donbas to encircle the Ukrainian army and to take the entire region and to create a united front against Ukraine.
  • Russian Soldiers – pray for their physical, emotional and spiritual well-being and for them to have the courage to face the Truth and the opportunity to receive the Gospel which is the ONLY answer to the atrocities they’ve already committed.
  • Russian Opposition – that those in the inner circle will see a way out and that Russian Opposition would be able to gather together in a meaningful way
  • Russia Offensive – Russia attempts to break
  • The Truth – In all things that the Truth would be painfully evident and unavoidable in all public discussion
  • Ukrainian Army – Russia is attempting to encircle the Ukrainian Army in Donbas
  • Russia – for the people to wake up to the Truth and rise up
  • Putin’s Inner Circle – to fragment and turn on one another
  • Protection of the Weak
  • The West – to not grow numb to atrocities, but be compelled to action
    • Military Aid – High Altitude Missiles
    • Evacuation – Mariupol
    • Peace Keepers – to aid evacuations and protect and provide humanitarian aid

Prayer Strategies

  • Corruption & Domination Falls
    • Russia, Belarus & Ukraine
    • The Former Soviet Union
    • China, India, UAE & Saudi Arabia
  • Truth & Freedom prevail
  • The Gospel is spreads like wildfire
    • From Ukraine
    • To Russia
    • To the whole world

Prayer Encouragement

“Each time, before you intercede, be quiet first, and worship God in His glory. Think of what He can do, and how He delights to hear the prayers of His redeemed people. Think of your place and privilege in Christ, and expect great things!”

— Andrew Murray