Ukrainian evangelists help win support of MAGA followers in US

Ukraine warAmerican pastors witness human cost of war in Ukraine, turning sympathies away from RussiaFrom 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. © APEIJI FURUKAWAAugust 9, 2026 13:15 JSTKYIV -- "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."