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Relying on God, Not America: A Report from the Church in Ukraine

It brings tears to our eyes to hear people saying, ‘We’re praying for you.’

On Friday, Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky disagreed publicly and heatedly over the handling of the war between Russia and Ukraine. In the end, Zelensky left without signing a proposed mineral rights agreement between the United States and Ukraine and without a clear next step to ending the three-year-long war.

In Ukraine, the fallout was “pretty discouraging,” said American missionary Caleb Suko, who has lived in Ukraine with his family since 2007. “The feeling amongst Ukrainians and in the churches is [that we’ve been] betrayed by America and by President Trump.”