It's Tuesday, October 29, 2024.

I'm Albert Mooler, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian worldview.

Even as most Americans are consumed with the final days of the 2024 presidential election,

and we will return to that in a moment. The fact is that there is a more

urgent crisis facing the world and it is not in the United States. It is right

now in Ukraine and in Russia. The big development is the involvement of about 10,000

North Korean troops in Russia's effort to subdue Ukraine. Now you'll remember

that this is a war that is now entering basically its third year and we are looking at the fact that Russia invaded Ukraine a sovereign nation that honestly changed the complexion of the world in terms of how you see the major powers lining up

and we have looked at Ukraine fighting back very bravely but we're also looking at the fact that Russia has overwhelming force, but Russia has been

worn down. And by the way, that's one of the lessons of history. An invading army is worn down

far faster than the invaded army. And over time there is a shift in terms of the

momentum of war and even as right now it is still the case that Russia is the

invader holding a lot of Ukrainian territory.

Ukraine has also invaded Russia, although it appears to be losing some of the territory

it had gained.

That was largely a symbolic action. The fact is that Russia is a much larger

nation. Its military is vastly larger than Ukraine and even as Russia has

allies, so does Ukraine.

But the difference here is that the entry of foreign troops

into the front lines there in Russia's effort

against Ukraine, that is going to change the entire world

picture. And I want us to step back for a moment and just

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