{"id":3811,"date":"2014-03-28T09:54:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T07:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2014-03-28T09:56:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T07:56:16","slug":"is-this-war-russian-troops-on-ukraines-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/is-this-war-russian-troops-on-ukraines-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Is this War? Russian Troops on Ukraine’s Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

Valdimir Putin caught us all off guard when his troops marched into Crimea and very quickly and somewhat quietly took over.<\/p>\n

What will happen now that the annexation of Crimea is pretty much complete?<\/p>\n

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Russian tanks practice their maneuvers. Picture: Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service Source: AP<\/p><\/div>\n

Will Putin go in and take another bite out of Eastern or Southern Ukraine?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately there are many signs that indicate that Russian troops are prepared to go much further into Ukraine!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s what Christopher Miller<\/a> of Kyiv Post<\/a> says,<\/p>\n

“Russia is mobilizing for war and may be poised for a springtime invasion of Ukraine\u2019s mainland, after stealing Crimea in less than three weeks. Tens of thousands of Russian troops and military hardware, including artillery, tanks, warplanes and helicopters are amassing and carrying out war games on all sides of Ukraine.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full post here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Will you join us in praying for peace in Ukraine?<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Valdimir Putin caught us all off guard when his troops marched into Crimea and very quickly and somewhat quietly took over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[195,77],"class_list":["post-3811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/war-ukraine.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-Zt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3749,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/how-to-pray-for-ukraine-after-russia\/","url_meta":{"origin":3811,"position":0},"title":"How To Pray For Ukraine After Russia’s Occupation of Crimea","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"March 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Things are changing so fast in Ukraine that it's hard to keep up with the news. \u00a0We've been watching events unfold almost on an hourly basis through Youtube and Twitter and we've also been talking with family in Ukraine on a daily basis. 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