Day 3: We set out for Lyman district. It's a territory that has been de-occupied, but it's still not safe. The enemy is not far away and could easily attempt to retake the Zarechnoye village. Before the war, it was a prosperous village. People here grew early potatoes, which sustained ▸
DAY 2: Today, our plan takes us to Seversk, a small town on the front line in the Bahmut district. We go here together with Sergey Severin, my travel partner, on war trips for nearly a year. He is a devoted, compassionate brother who sacrifices himself for the sake of ▸
DAY 1: We are en route to Donbas, which are two eastern provinces of Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk) that are known collectively as the "Donbas," and it refers to the rich geologic coal basin which turned the region into Ukraine's industrial heartland.
Once again, we are passing through villages in the ▸
The following journal entries are authored by Brother Andrey, a HART ministry partner originally from the Donetsk region of Ukraine, where the war is now at its fiercest. As Andrey and his team minister to those in the conflict areas, we have a unique opportunity, through this diary, to be ▸