Russian missile strikes killed at the least 21 individuals on Sunday within the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy, native officers stated — the newest in a string of assaults on city facilities which have triggered heavy civilian casualties.
Ukraine’s inside minister, Ihor Klymenko, stated Russia attacked the middle of Sumy with ballistic missiles when the streets have been crowded with civilians out having fun with Palm Sunday, a Christian celebration in style in Ukraine. No less than 20 individuals have been injured, Mr. Klymenko added.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine posted a video on social media that he stated confirmed the aftermath of the assault in Sumy, simply 18 miles from the Russian border. The video confirmed vehicles smashed and burned, as effectively asbloodied our bodies laying immobile on the streets. Firefighters and civilians tended to the wounded as screams echoed within the background.
“A powerful response from the world is required. From america, from Europe, from everybody on the planet who needs this struggle and the killings to finish,” Mr. Zelensky stated in a message posted on Telegram. “Russia seeks precisely this type of terror and is dragging out the struggle.”
The strikes got here a couple of week after a Russian missile hit near a playground in the central city of Kryvyi Rih, killing 19 individuals, together with 9 kids.
The United Nations said final week that 164 civilians have been killed in Ukraine final month — a 50 % enhance from February and 70 % greater than the identical interval a yr earlier.
Ukrainian officers say the assaults present that Russia is just not really desirous about a cease-fire, regardless of efforts by the Trump administration to dealer one.
The overseas minister of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, stated on Saturday that since cease-fire talks started final month in Saudi Arabia, Russia “solely escalated its assaults on Ukrainian civilian objects and elevated missile terror, together with strikes on power services.”
“That is Russia’s response to all peace proposals,” Mr. Sybiha informed the state information company Ukrinform. “They delay, manipulate, and play with their companions to proceed aggression.”
