Russian missiles hit the heart of the north Sumy city -East of Ukraine as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. At least 34 people died on the second large -scale attack on Ukraine to claim civilian lives in just over a week.
Officials said that two ballistic missiles arrived at 10:15 am. The pictures of the scene showed lines of bags of the black body on the side of the road, while more bodies were wrapped in paper blankets between the waste.
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The deaths included two children, said the Ukraine State Emergency Service in a statement. About 117 people were injured, including 15 children.
« Only the gross cortex can act like this, taking the lives of running people, » said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In a statement on social media, he said that the buildings on the first strike reached a university in the city, while the second exploded above street level.
The head of the Ukrainian President’s office, Andriy Yermak, said that the strike also used cluster ammunition to try to kill as many people as possible. Associated Press could not verify the claim.
The Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, offered condolences to the victims of the Russian missile attack on Sumy. «
« This is a tragic reminder of why President Trump and his administration are putting so much time and effort to try to end this war and achieve a just and lasting peace, » he said.
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The retired lieutenant, General Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, said that Sumy’s attack crossed « any line of decency » and that the White House remained committed to ending the conflict.
« There are dozens of civilian and injured deaths. As a former military leader, I understand the orientation, and this is wrong. This is why President Trump works hard to end this war, » he said.
The Sumy attack followed a fatal strike of April 4 In Kryvyi Rih’s hometown of Zelenskyy’s hometown This killed at least 19 people, including nine children.
Zelenskyy requested a global response to the attack.
« The conversations have never stopped ballistic missiles and air bombs. What is needed is an attitude toward Russia that deserves a terrorist, » he said.
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In any other place in Ukraine, two women, 62 and 68, and a 48 -year -old man were killed in Russian attacks in the Kherson region, said local governor Oleksandr Prokudin. Another person was killed during the Russian shell in the Ukraine Donetsk region, said governor Vadym Fmeashkin.
The Mayor of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, said that a Russian strike struck one of the children’s homes in the city, destroying the windows and damaging the facade of the building. No victims were reported.
Strikes arrive one day after Russia and Ukraine senior diplomats They were accused of violating a temporary agreement in the United States to stop the strikes of energy infrastructure, emphasizing the challenges of negotiating the end of the end of the Three -year war.
Foreign Ministers of the two countries spoke in separate events in the Annual Antalya Diplomacy Forum one day after Sent US Steve Witkoff He met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace prospects.
« Ukrainians have attacked us from the beginning, each passing day, perhaps with two or three exceptions, » said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who added that Moscow would provide the United States, Turkey and international bodies with a list of Kyiv’s attacks over the last three weeks.
His Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, answered this statement, saying that on Saturday that Russia had launched almost 70 missiles, more than 2,200 drones and more than 6,000 aerial bombs guided in Ukraine, « mainly in civilians » since they agreed on the limited pause of spikes.
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