Slavyansk: Novorossia’s First Fight

by Richard Edmonson, Fig Trees and Vineyards:

This video looks back at events which took place last year when the people of the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine first formed themselves into militias and began to fight for their independence from the Kiev coup government. The initial battles were in and around the city of Slavyansk in the oblast (province) of Donetsk.

A couple of things are especially fascinating about this video. One is what it reveals about religious faith and the central role it has played, not only in the daily lives of these people but particularly in their struggle against Western domination. It is very much what has kept them going, and the video makes that clear. The other fascinating thing is that they have been able to prevail in this conflict against all odds.

In the war’s early days, in May and June of last year, the Novorossian forces found themselves up against Ukrainian brigades that were not only numerically superior but much better equipped as well. The fact that by early 2015 things had turned around so dramatically, with the Ukrainian Army being routed in key battles at Debaltsevo and Donetsk airport, could almost be regarded as, well, miraculous perhaps. Divine intervention? Hard to say. But certainly, as the old saying goes, “God acts in mysterious ways.”

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