Pointing to the recent intensification of drone and missile attacks targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, the LWF leaders say that “deliberate attacks on energy infrastructure as temperatures have dropped to -20° are reprehensible.”
They reaffirm the continued prayers and support of the LWF, both as a global communion of churches and through the LWF country program in Ukraine. “We remain committed to supporting your ministry and the people you serve, both through this difficult winter and in the critical preparations for setting up the infrastructure you have identified,” the leaders say.
The LWF leaders conclude with verses from Lamentations 3:21-23 and the prayer that “God may grant you, your congregations and the people of Ukraine hope and renewed strength each morning.”
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine which has caused tens of thousands of civilian casualties and led to Europe’s largest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War. The action marked a major escalation of the conflict which began in 2014 when Russia occupied Crimea and launched attacks in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region.
