Are you familiar with key questions regarding the unfolding events in what has been dubbed "the Ukraine crisis" by many? My background as a missionary for 10 years in Kyiv and Simferopol Ukraine helps me to offer a perspective with regard to both eastern and western views. I don't wish to support or promote one particular political side of this issue, but, rather, to simply raise important questions and provide possible answers from a Christian perspective.
As of March 3, 2014, an interim caretaker government has been installed in the capital of Kyiv. Meanwhile, ousted President Yanukovich claims he is still the official president of Ukraine, though he is presently in Russia. Russia has taken control of Crimea, so far without firing a shot. And there are signs that the aggression will continue unabated. Interim prime minister, Arseny Yatseniuk has stepped up the rhetoric, claiming that the announcement to invade Ukraine made by Russia's Vladimir Putin was not a threat, but "the declaration of war to my country".
Across the globe, Obama has threatened "costly" economic sanctions and isolationism against Russia as the Commander in Chief is presented in a Washington photo op on the phone wearing rugged Reaganesque blue jeans and a denim shirt. It seems that there are dramatic new developments in Ukraine news on a daily basis. But some of the underlying questions remain consistently important and poignant. Addressing these issues can help to shed some light on the situation.
The seven questions and seven answers on Ukraine are listed at my personal blog at this link:
