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Cooperative Baptist Fund Pauses Giving to Ukraine Relief Fund to Await Long-term Rebuilding Opportunities
by Mark Wingfield
July 1, 2022

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(Baptists News Global) More than $1.12 million has been given to the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship’s Ukrainian relief fund, prompting CBF leaders to pause accepting additional contributions until investing in long-term recovery becomes viable.

CBF field personnel and others working in direct ministry to displaced Ukrainians have advised holding back a major portion of those funds for long-term rebuilding, reported Paul Baxley, CBF executive coordinator.

Even so, CBF has received sufficient funds to meet current needs and prepare for the future, he said. “We are still in the initial relief stage of releasing these funds. … The long-term relief has not even begun. The war in all its injustice is still underway.”

As one example of a needed long-term investment, he referenced the Village of Hope that is part of the ministry of CBF field personnel Gennady and Mina Podgaisky. That camp has been demolished by bombing. “Rebuilding the Village of Hope is month and months away if not years,” Baxley noted.

“We are closing active promotion of this relief fund because we have in hand enough to respond to the immediate need,” Baxley announced during the CBF General Assembly June 30. “In days to come we will be back in touch with information about ways you can participate in the longer-term response.”
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caltrek's comment: I think it is telling that those nasty imperialist God-fearing Baptists are eagerly waiting an end to hostilities so that they can rush in aid to rebuild Ukraine, while sympathizers of Russia measure progress in strictly military terms of conquest and subsequent domination.
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1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
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By SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN FRASER
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out from the port of Odesa on Monday under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey that is expected to release large stores of Ukrainian crops to foreign markets and ease a growing food crisis.

The Sierra Leone-flagged cargo ship Razoni left Odesa carrying over 26,000 tons of corn destined for Lebanon.

“The first grain ship since Russian aggression has left port,” said Ukraine’s Minister of Infrastructure Oleksandr Kubrakov on Twitter, posting a video of the long vessel sounding its horn as its slowly headed out to sea.

Posting separately on Facebook, Kubrakov said Ukraine is the fourth-largest corn exporter in the world, “so the possibility of exporting it via ports is a colossal success in ensuring global food security.”

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‘Referendums’ on joining Russia under way in occupied Ukraine
Fri 23 Sep 2022 09.52 BST

So-called “referendums” are under way in areas of Ukraine occupied by Russian troops, with residents told to vote on proposals for the four Ukrainian regions to declare independence and then join Russia.

The polls, hastily organised after being announced this week, are due to run until Tuesday. They have been widely condemned in the west as illegitimate, and appear to be a thin attempt to provide cover for illegal annexation of the regions by Moscow.

Russian news agencies said voting in Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces began on Friday morning.

Russia does not fully control any of the four regions, where military hostilities are ongoing, and much of the population has fled since the war started in February. Parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions have been controlled by Russian proxies since 2014.

President Vladimir Putin has indicated the Kremlin will use the referendums to recognise the territory as Russian, and even threatened this week that Russia would defend the new acquisitions using all available options, including nuclear weapons.
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All this talk about nuclear weapons and WW3 when we aren't sure if Ukraine will be able to repel the Russian defense.
IMHO Putin will trench those regions until 2024 when the new president retreats US military support to Ukraine followed by the rest of NATO not much later. Either this or they become demilitarized zones.
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caltrek wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:36 pm caltrek's comment: I think it is telling that those nasty imperialist God-fearing Baptists are eagerly waiting an end to hostilities so that they can rush in aid to rebuild Ukraine, while sympathizers of Russia measure progress in strictly military terms of conquest and subsequent domination.
A given non-profit acting empathetically outweighs the actions of austerity pressures from western governments and privatizations and sale of Ukrainian assets to American corporations how? It outweighs 10s of billions of foreign debt from predatory loans how?

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erowind wrote: Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:00 pm
caltrek wrote: Mon Jul 04, 2022 7:36 pm caltrek's comment: I think it is telling that those nasty imperialist God-fearing Baptists are eagerly waiting an end to hostilities so that they can rush in aid to rebuild Ukraine, while sympathizers of Russia measure progress in strictly military terms of conquest and subsequent domination.
A given non-profit acting empathetically outweighs the actions of austerity pressures from western governments and privatizations and sale of Ukrainian assets to American corporations how? It outweighs 10s of billions of foreign debt from predatory loans how?

https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/ ... f-capital/
When did I suggest that such actions "outweighs" "the actions of austerity pressures," etc.?

Besides which, you are comparing apples and oranges, although a certain lack of clarity on my part may have led you down that path.

By "sympathizers of Russia" I had in mind previous comments made by individual participants in this forum. You were not included in my thinking in that regards as I don't believe that you have been one of those "sympathizers of Russia."

An even more apples-to-apples comparison would be that of say the attitudes of leaders of the Russian Orthodox church with "a given nonprofit." Even a comparison of the actions of the "non-profit" with those of for profit "American corporations" is a little bit in the realm of apples to oranges.

In addition to which, those "austerity pressures" were by way of attempting to persuade Russia to reverse its aggression against Ukraine. To the considerable extent to which that is true, then that is fully in line with "eagerly waiting an end to hostilities."

"Foreign debt" form predatory loans. How can loans for which a freeze on payments has been agreed upon be categorized as "predatory."

Even the source you cite mentions plans "to incorporate Ukraine and its resources into the capitalist economies of the West."" A goal which in and of itself can be seen as constructive in nature. Now, you and I might argue that the terms of "incorporation..into the capitalist economies of the West" were somehow unfair or exploitative in nature. Your source does seem to make that accusation. Still, the fact that loans were made does not in and of itself prove that such loans were made with an intent to exploit or destroy Ukraine. Even if they were exploitative in nature, that hardly justifies a Russian invasion. That is the sort of argument that should be resolved through debates within the context of electoral politics, not imposed by an invader staring down the barrel of a gun.

Complaints by outside ideologues regarding post invasion austerity measures (even those affecting worker rights) taken by the Ukrainian government operating under duress of an invasion is also very close to blaming the victim.
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Poland, Hungary ban grain and food imports from Ukraine
Source: Reuters

WARSAW, April 15 (Reuters) - Poland and Hungary have decided to ban imports of grain and other food from neighbouring Ukraine to protect the local agricultural sector, the two governments said on Saturday, after a flood of supply depressed prices across the region. Ukraine expressed regret about the Polish decision, saying that "resolving various issues by unilateral drastic actions will not accelerate a positive resolution of the situation".

After Russia's invasion blocked some Black Sea ports, large quantities of Ukrainian grain, which is cheaper than that produced in the European Union, ended up staying in Central European states due to logistical bottlenecks, hitting prices and sales for local farmers. In a letter to the European Commission last month, the prime ministers of five eastern European countries said the scale of the increase in products like grains, oilseeds, eggs, poultry and sugar had been "unprecedented", and said tariffs on Ukrainian agricultural imports should potentially be considered.

The impact of the oversupply has created a political problem for Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) in an election year, with the economy mired in stagflation. "Today, the government has decided on a regulation that prohibits the entry, importation of grain into Poland, but also dozens of other types of food (from Ukraine)," PiS leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski said during a party convention.

The list of these goods, which will range "from grain to honey products, very, very many things", will be included in the government regulation, he added. Ukraine's ministry of agrarian policy and food said the Polish ban contradicted existing bilateral agreements on exports, and called for talks to settle the issue.

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Japan to Aid Urkaine in Seven Areas
by Shino Matsuyama and Anri Takahashi
February 16, 2024

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(The Asahi Shinbum) The Japanese government will present seven areas of support for Ukraine, including clearing land mines, rebuilding livelihoods and boosting agriculture and digital technology, at a conference in Tokyo on Feb. 19.
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The seven areas of cooperation are land mine clearance and debris disposal; humanitarian aid and living condition improvement; agricultural development; biotechnology; digital and information technology; electric power and transportation infrastructure; and anti-corruption and governance-strengthening measures.

Amid “support fatigue” from the United States and European countries due to Russia’s prolonged invasion, Japan intends to emphasize the need for continued support for Ukraine both domestically and internationally through the conference.
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Valerii Zaluzhnyi: Ukraine to appoint ex-army chief as UK ambassador
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The former head of Ukraine's armed forces is to be appointed as the country's ambassador to the UK.

Valerii Zaluzhnyi was sacked by President Volodymyr Zelensky last month in what was the biggest shake-up to Ukraine's military leadership since Russia's full-scale invasion.

The Ukrainian general had led the war effort since 2022.

He had been seen as a potential political rival to Mr Zelensky, and was popular among soldiers.

Ukraine has not had an ambassador to the UK since Mr Zelensky dismissed former envoy Vadym Prystaiko in July 2023 after he publicly criticised the president.
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