As the Executive Committee of the Baptist World Alliance (BWA), a Christian Worldwide Communion in 128 countries and territories representing 176,000 churches and 51 million Baptists, we stand together as a worldwide Baptist family that draws upon 400 years of shared history and denounce the violence in Ukraine and appeal for a just and peaceful solution.

To: President of the Russian Federation, President Vladmir Putin President of Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy President of the French Republic, President Emmanuel Macron President of the United States of America, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.