Russians Escalate Program of Mass Murder Across Ukraine
In the past 24 hours alone, Russian forces have demonstrated yet again that their campaign is not random — it is part of a deliberate, accelerating strategy to wage terror on Ukraine’s civilian life. According to regional and media reports, seven civilians were killed and 23 others were wounded, including children, in new attacks across multiple oblasts.
In Donetsk region, Russian forces struck the Church of Job Pochaivskyi with guided bombs, killing a priest and a four-year-old child. Four others were injured in the attack. Nearby, in another part of Kostiantynivka, another guided bomb wounded a civilian.
These attacks were not isolated. Russia launched missile and drone strikes across at least 10 locations, targeting energy and civilian infrastructure in Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Kharkiv, Dnipro, and Donetsk regions. In one case, an FPV drone strike in Nikopol (Dnipro region) killed a 23-year-old woman and injured a 63-year-old man.
Ukraine’s air defenses responded, reportedly downing 103 out of 118 drones launched overnight.The pattern is unmistakable
What emerges is a chilling portrait: churches, civilian infrastructure, energy systems, residential zones — all are being systematically hit. The regime in Moscow is no longer hiding behind the fog of war; it is revealing its intent.
These attacks are designed not merely to destabilize, but to terrorize — to break civilian morale, to make survival itself a nightmare, and to encroach ever deeper into the spaces Ukraine holds dear: faith, home, community.
When a church becomes a target, when a place of sanctuary is struck, the message is clear: nowhere is safe. Children, the elderly, the innocent — all are in the Kremlin’s crosshairs.
A call to moral and strategic response
This is not conventional warfare. It is terror masquerading under the guise of military action. Every such strike must be met with unwavering condemnation, robust defense, and unflinching pursuit of accountability.
To the nations, institutions, and people of faith: it is time to step up. Strengthen Ukraine’s air defenses. Expose these atrocities in every forum. Bring the perpetrators before justice.
Let this moment wake the world: Russia’s war on Ukraine is also a war on conscience, on community, on compassion. We will not bow. We will not yield. We will emerge from this darkness, stronger and more resolute than ever.
