Russian missile strikes killed not less than 21 individuals on Sunday within the northeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy, native officers stated — the most recent in a string of assaults on city facilities which have brought on 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 widespread in Ukraine. At the very least 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 automobiles smashed and burned, as properly asbloodied our bodies laying immobile on the streets. Firefighters and civilians tended to the wounded as screams echoed within the background.
“A robust response from the world is required. From the US, from Europe, from everybody on this planet who needs this conflict 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 conflict.”
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 % improve from February and 70 % greater than the identical interval a 12 months earlier.
Ukrainian officers say the assaults present that Russia just isn’t truly all in favour of 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 vitality 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.”
