“Simply over one week in the past, on 4 April, a Russian ballistic missile struck close to a playground in Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, killing 19 civilians together with 9 kids,” stated World Council of Church buildings (WCC) basic secretary Rev. Prof. Dr Jerry Pillay. “The weapon focused a civilian space, ensuing within the deadliest assault on kids for the reason that starting of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”
On Palm Sunday, Sumy’s individuals turned the victims of an much more lethal Russian ballistic missile assault. “Based on the most recent reviews, 34 individuals have been killed, and 117 injured, together with 15 kids,” stated Pillay. “Even on this Holy Week, human brutality and wickedness doesn’t relaxation however continues to say harmless victims.”
Pillay reiterated the WCC’s demand that these answerable for such reprehensible assaults cease shedding harmless blood in pursuit of territorial and political ambitions. “We enchantment to the worldwide neighborhood to guard the victims from such aggression, and to carry the perpetrators accountable by all accessible means,” stated Pillay. “Within the title of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, we pray for peace on this Holy Week, for an finish to this violence, and for a conversion of minds centered on struggle to hearts searching for peace and the justice on which true peace is based.”
WCC statement on the Russian attack on civilians in Ukraine on Palm Sunday
