More than 30 people were killed and at least 80 others wounded by in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said, in one of the deadliest attacks on Ukraine this year.
Moscow’s forces fired two ballistic missiles into the heart of the city Sunday morning as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, according to Ukrainian officials. At least 32 people died in the airstrike, including two children, they said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack in a post on X and called for a tough international reaction against Moscow.
The Ukrainian leader accused Russia of ignoring the U.S. proposal for a ceasefire, adding that Moscow is “convinced they can keep killing with impunity.”
Keith Kellogg, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, said the Russian attack on civilian targets “crosses any line of decency.”
“As a former military leader, I understand targeting and this is wrong. It is why President Trump is working hard to end this war,” Kellogg said in a post on X.
European leaders rushed to Ukraine’s defense. France’s Emmanuel Macron said in an X post that “it is clear that only Russia is choosing to continue” the war “against human lives, international law, and the diplomatic overtures of President Trump.”
Poland’s Donald Tusk said: “The Russian version of a ceasefire. Bloody Palm Sunday, Sumy UA.”
The attack came hours after Trump told reporters that negotiations to end the war in Ukraine “might be going OK,” but added: “There is a point you just have to either put up or shut up.” The U.S. administration has been negotiating an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, but Kyiv’s allies are concerned.
“It’s been an interesting weekend and I think we have some pretty good news coming in some of the conflicts,” Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One.
Trump earlier urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “get moving” because “too many people are dying.” That was in a Friday social media post, the same day that the White House’s Ukraine envoy met with Russian counterparts in St. Petersburg.
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