1,500 Join Kyiv Prayer Breakfast as Zelenskyy Warns on Day 1,642 of War

3 articles · Updated · Christian Daily · Aug 24

More than 1,500 people from 17 countries gathered in Kyiv for Ukraine’s third National Prayer Breakfast, where European evangelical leaders joined President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in urging sustained solidarity as the war entered its 1,642nd day.
Zelenskyy framed the event around three appeals—for captives, soldiers and a just peace—and warned that the bigger risk now is global fatigue, saying Russia also seeks to control who may worship in occupied areas.
A 10-member evangelical delegation led by European church officials visited Lviv, Irpin and Bucha before the breakfast, and took shelter in a Kyiv metro station during an air raid, underscoring the war’s immediacy.
Mike Pence told attendees and later NewsNation that Ukraine is still winning militarily but urgently needs more Patriot or THAAD interceptors to stop Russian ballistic strikes on energy infrastructure before winter.
The gathering came as Ukraine prepared to mark 35 years of independence, with officials casting the conflict not only as a territorial war but as a fight over freedom, faith and national survival.