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Four months, 780 dead, 4,352 injured, 1,532 days, and the messengers are still arriving…
3–4 minutes684 wordsBeingHuman? As I am writing this on Blablacar (car sharing service) on the road from Kyiv, I got the news that the death toll of the Russian peaceful strike on Zaporizhzhia today took the lives of another 12… In the first four months of 2026, Russians killed at least 780 Ukrainian civilians and injured at least 4,352. It means one civilian is killed every 3 hours and 41 minutes, and…
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The Russian mill grinds 371,534 times in thirty days, one every 6.98 seconds…
4–6 minutes1,016 wordsBeingHuman? Throughout April 2026, Russian forces conducted 5,095 combat engagements along the front line. They launched 2,093 air strikes and dropped 6,720 guided aerial bombs. Short-range kamikaze and FPV drones deployed against frontline cities and villages: 260,234. Artillery shellings: 96,119 strike events (that is, individual shelling incidents, not the number of shells fired), of which 2,322 came from MLRS systems. Across 30 nights of overnight attacks, Russia launched 6,222 long-range…
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On the Centennial of Jürgen Moltmann’s Birthday
15–23 minutes3,635 wordsA Theological Reflection amid the 1520th Day of Russian Aggression against Ukraine Introduction Can the crucified God of Jürgen Moltmann speak directly and urgently to a people being crucified today? This, the core question of Moltmann’s centenary, has pressed on me relentlessly since February 2022. Before I try to answer, let me share a personal note. In 2011, I contributed a chapter (on pastors’ and local churches’ expectations of theological…
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Does Moltmann Still Speak to a Church at War? British and Ukrainian Theologians Mark His Centenary
5–7 minutes1,166 wordsOn the eve of what would have been Jürgen Moltmann’s 100th birthday (8 April 1926), the Eastern European Institute of Theology and the Odesa Theological Seminary jointly convened an online international seminar, “Jürgen Moltmann: Historical Figure and Theological Legacy,” to commemorate the German theologian’s life and assess the continuing relevance of his thought for a church and a country living under war. The seminar, held on 23 April 2026 and…
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