Anniversary Meetings
Monday marked three years since Russia invaded Ukraine.
To mark the occasion, French President Macron visited President Trump to discuss the war, emphasizing security guarantees for Ukraine in a peace deal that must “not be a surrender of Ukraine.” Both leaders hope the conflict can end within weeks.
While the leaders shook hands at the White House, diplomats shared a less genial U.N. meeting. The Security Council passed a U.S.-proposed resolution calling for peace ASAP that (controversially) didn’t blame Russia for the war. Russia and China supported it, while France and the U.K. abstained, not wanting to veto Washington. The U.N. General Assembly passed a symbolic, non-binding resolution that did blame Russia.
U.K. PM Keir Starmer will head to Pennsylvania Ave. Thursday to discuss Ukraine, and negotiations for the use of Ukraine’s natural resources continue.
ETERNAL PERSPECTIVE
Pray for the peaceful end to all conflicts worldwide, even as we wait for God’s kingdom to come in full—for the day when God’s reign of peace will settle every dispute, and all nations will walk in his paths.
“I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem. The bow of war will be removed, and he will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth.”
Zechariah 9:10 (CSB) (read full passage)