Read this from President Putin to Ghana yesterday, on the anniversary of Ghana’s 65 years of independence –

“The relations between Russia and Ghana is traditionally one of a friendly nature. I am convinced that the further development of a constructive bilateral dialogue and partnership meets the interests of our people contributing to peace and security on the African continent.”

Some of us may struggle a bit with this. Putin’s contribution to world peace is to invade, kill and destroy.

It does place a burden on those who pray however, to bind this conflict to Ukraine, and not allow it to spill over into distant lands.