UKRAINE- State Sen. Tom Brewer, a decorated military veteran, returned to Ukraine this week to deliver Bibles and portable cookstoves, while narrowly missing a missile strike.

On Monday, two Russian missiles hit just 300 yards from Sen. Brewer's position as he and his party were leaving Zaporizhzhia in southeast Ukraine.

Luckily, one of the missiles that hit closest to Brewer's truck was a dud. "It would have taken the entire road out," said Brewer, "You would have seen pieces of the road. It would have been a bad day."

This is the second trip Brewer has taken to Ukraine since the war with Russia started just months ago. Brewer was deployed six times in Afghanistan, receiving serious wounds in one of these.

The 64-year-old Senator, who is battling leukemia, said his mission is to provide a hands-on look at what's happening at the front of the war and give a detailed explanation to Congress about whether or not American aid is helping, as he did after his last mission there.

Brewer believes he arrived in Ukraine at a pivotal moment in the war, and he described the battle to retake Kherson, a south Ukrainian region capital, as "a Stalingrad-type battle."

Brewer is also pushing for more American aid to the embattled country. "If we don't provide long-range rockets, then we guarantee them a cold, dark winter," said the Senator, "They will eventually lose their ability to generate electricity and pump water. Without water, things degrade pretty quickly."

Brewer stated that he's in regular contact with Nebraska's U.S. House members and plans to travel to Washington, D.C. to tell his story. "We have a chance to help them, by just giving them the tools, to defeat the top army in the world. Without filling one American body bag," said Brewer.

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