{"id":9412,"date":"2018-06-04T22:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T19:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=9412"},"modified":"2018-06-04T22:08:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T19:08:48","slug":"the-town-that-blew-up-balakliia-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/the-town-that-blew-up-balakliia-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Town that Blew Up | Balakliia, Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the story of the large serious of explosions that damaged about 250 buildings in Balakliia on March 23, 2017. As a result over 20,000 people were evacuated. The Church in Balakliia rose to the task of helping people evacuate despite the danger. Later the Church feed those in need and helped repair damaged homes. This is their story.<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: TURN ON ENGLISH SUBTITLES BY CLICKING THE GEAR ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abwe.org\/work\/projects\/ukraine-crisis-fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can donate to the Ukraine Crisis fund here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the story of the large serious of explosions that damaged about 250 buildings in Balakliia on March 23,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","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":[193],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-ukraine-2","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3izZc-2rO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17007,"url":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/russian-missiles-hit-near-our-church\/","url_meta":{"origin":9412,"position":0},"title":"Russian Missiles Hit Near Our Church","author":"Caleb Suko","date":"August 23, 2023","format":"video","excerpt":"Around 2:00 AM on Sunday morning several Russian missiles hit historic downtown Odesa, Ukraine. 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