Ukraine war
American pastors witness human cost of war in Ukraine, turning sympathies away from Russia
From left: Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Bishop Kelvin Cobari, Mike Johnson, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Pastor Paula White and U.S. President Donald Trump, during a National Day of Prayer event in the Rose Garden of the White House in May 2025. © AP
KYIV — “I was wrong,” American pastor Mark Burns confessed, his booming voice echoing through a conference hall in the Southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa in late May. “For three years, I was speaking against Ukraine.”
