In the north of Kharkiv region, just 10 kilometres from the line of contact, people are living under constant fear. Shelling is heard in the surrounding area every day. Shops have closed, infrastructure has collapsed, and many families remain in places where daily life has become a struggle for survival. In such conditions, even a loaf of bread is no longer something ordinary. It is received as mercy.

During a recent bread distribution in these frontline communities, people met the team with tears, gratitude, and deep emotion. They hugged those who came, wiped their eyes, kissed the loaves they received, and spoke openly about their pain. For many, this bread was not only food for the day, but a visible reminder that they had not been forgotten. Alongside the bread, people also listened to the preaching of the Gospel, prayed together, and asked when the team would come again.

Pastor Leonid from Kharkiv shared how deeply these visits are felt in places where fear has become part of everyday life. He thanked everyone involved in this ministry and said that every act of sacrifice, labour, and compassion has become a testimony of God’s care for people standing so close to the front line.

He also sent heartfelt thanks to Anatoliy Petrovych, to the mission IMOCE, and to all those who support this work in many different ways. Thanks to this support, the bakery continues its daily work, sending out thousands of loaves to people in desperate need. Bread is now being delivered across Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk, Poltava, and Dnipropetrovsk regions — to villages and small towns where people need both physical help and spiritual hope.

Even though spring has come, Ukraine is still walking through the long winter of war. And yet, in the middle of grief, loss, and exhaustion, this ministry continues to carry light. Thank you to everyone who supports this service through IMOCE. Your generosity is reaching people in some of the hardest places and reminding them, in a very real way, that God still sees them.