Russian missiles hit Sumy’s Ukrainian city heart as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, according to officials, in the second large -scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week.
The two ballistic missiles reached around 10.15, the officials said. 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. Video images also showed that fire crews struggled to extinguish the shells of burned cars among the rubble of damaged buildings.
The deaths included two children, said the Ukraine State Emergency Service in a statement. He said that more than 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.
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 Sumy attack followed a fatal missile strike in the natal city of Kryvyi Rih in Zelenskyy on April 4, which killed about 20 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.
Other world leaders also condemned the attack, with French President Emmanuel Macron said he underwent Washington’s peace talks between the two parties.
« Everyone knows: this war was started only by Russia. And today, of course, Russia only decides to continue -with a blatant disregard for human life, international law and the diplomatic efforts of President Trump, » he wrote in a statement.
Any other Ukraine, a 62 -year -old woman and a 48 -year -old man were killed in Russian attacks in the Kherson region, said local governor Oleksandr Prokudin on Sunday. Another person was killed during the Russian shell in the Ukraine Donetsk region, said governor Vadym Fmeashkin.
Kharkiv’s Mayor of the Ukrainian city, Ihor Terekhov, said that a Russian strike had reached one of the city’s homes, destroying the windows and damaging the facade of the building. No victims were reported.
Spring offensive fears, despite conversations
The strikes occur a day after Russia and Ukraine diplomatic senior diplomatic ones were accused of violating a Tentative agreement that the United States suffered to stop the strikes of energy infrastructure, emphasizing the challenges of negotiating the end of the three -year war.
Foreign Ministers of the two countries spoke at separate events at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum shortly after the North -American envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace perspectives.
« 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.
Russian forces maintain the advantage in Ukraine and Kiev has warned that Moscow is planning a new spring offensive to increase their pressure on their enemy and improve their negotiation position.
Ukraine has approved a larger cessation of cessation in the United States, but Russia has effectively blocked it imposing high -reach conditions. European governments have accused Putin of dragging their feet.
United States President Donald Trump blamed Ukraine of not ending the war with Russia before agreeing years ago. The comments were a response to Ukraine’s concerns about being excluded from conversations with Russia in Saudi Arabia.
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.
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