Lives Left Behind: 10 Ukrainian Women in War and Peace

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In 2013, a revolution started in Kyiv, Ukraine, that impacted and forever changed the lives of the women in this story. In November 2013, the president of Ukraine pursued closer ties with Russia rather than signing the Ukraine-European Union Association Agreement. This sparked major demonstrations in the streets of Kyiv and led to the Maidan Revolution in 2014. Over 100 Ukrainians lost their lives in one day in Kyiv. Russia’s annexation of Crimea happened in March 2014; severe unrest followed and the war in Eastern Ukraine started in late April 2014. The regions of Donbass and Lugansk, where these women are from, were taken over by the Russian-backed separatists.[1]

The separatists harassed and threatened Elisey Pronin, the senior pastor of the largest Baptist Church in the Lugansk region of Eastern Ukraine; the separatists burned down the Baptist church in August 2014. Elisey is now the pastor of the new Disciples Church in L’viv. His book, Chronicles of Undeclared War, describes the tragic events and how it affected his city, his congregation, and the individual church members.[2]

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