Fears nuclear bomb useīrewer said he would support sending longer range rocket systems to Ukraine, so troops could knock out Russian missile launch facilities. “ If it wasn’t for us, they would be speaking Russian right now,” he said. military aid has made a big difference for Ukraine in the war, especially the highly accurate High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) systems sent over. Part of the trip, he said, will take him near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in southeast Ukraine, which the Russians have occupied since March and where fighting has been fierce in recent weeks.īrewer said U.S.
aid has made a big differenceīrewer dodged a few artillery rounds on his last trip, which took him near the battle lines in eastern and southern Ukraine, and he expects this trip will present the same kinds of hazards. “I think it will be a nice thing to share, especially for the guys in hospital,” said the senator, who was raised a Baptist in the Gordon area. YWAM is paying for the 1,000 Bibles, according to Brewer, while he is paying for the expenses of the trip. So the senator, who was wounded twice during deployments to Afghanistan, said he did some research and found some electronic Bibles on Kindle-type devices, as well as some solar-power Bibles that the 49 chaplains that serve the Ukrainian military can use. Military chaplains he met in Ukraine during his summer trip said they needed Bibles they could read in the dark, at the front, without drawing the attention of enemy fire, he said. So it would be unlikely they they could survive the winter.” Chaplains ask for Bibles “They have no electricity and no natural gas, and little access to food. He said he has also been asked, because of his military experience, to help evacuate some elderly people in “no-man’s land” between the Ukrainian and Russian lines. (Courtesy of Unicameral Information Officeīrewer, a sniper by training, spent a month this summer touring the war-torn country, delivering humanitarian supplies and talking to soldiers and civilians.īut this time, his mission will be to deliver electronic Bibles to Ukrainian soldiers and chaplains through a Kyiv-based Christian outreach group, Youth With a Mission (YWAM). Battling cancer, COVIDĪ month ago, he was battling a combination of COVID-19, pneumonia and a sinus infection, but on Wednesday Brewer pronounced himself “good to go.” State Sen. 14, just after undergoing another chemotherapy treatment for an ongoing bout with leukemia.
Tom Brewer of Gordon, a decorated military veteran, who represents Nebraska’s Sandhills in the State Legislature.īrewer, 64, will return to Ukraine on Oct. “You can either sit on the sidelines and watch history go by or dive in and try to make a difference,” said State Sen. LINCOLN - An old soldier is headed back to the front lines in Ukraine, saying that at certain times in history, you need to get involved.
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