Russia launches a fatal attack against Sumy in Ukraine
The strikes of the Russian missiles killed at least 21 people on Sunday in the northern Ukrainian city – Eastern of Sumy, said local officials – the last of a series of attacks on urban centers that caused strong civilian victims.
The Interior Minister of Ukraine, Ihor KlymenkoRussia said the center of Sumy with ballistic missiles when the streets were crowded with civilians who enjoyed the palm on Sunday, a popular Christian celebration in Ukraine. At least 20 people were injured, added Klymenko.
President Volodymyr Zelensky from Ukraine has published a video On the social media he said he showed the consequences of the Sumy attack, just 18 miles from the Russian border. The video showed cars and burned cars, as well as bodies in blood that lie motionless on the streets. The firefighters and civilians tended to the wounded as they screamed echoed in the background.
“A strong reaction from the world is needed. From the United States, from Europe, from everyone in the world who want this war and the murders end up,” said Zelensky in a message published on Telegram. “Russia seeks exactly this type of terror and is dragging the war.”
The strikes arrived about a week after a Russian missile hit near a playground in the central city of Kryvyi RihKilling 19 people, including nine children.
The United Nations he said Last week that 164 civilians were killed in Ukraine last month, an increase of 50 % compared to February and 70 percent more than the same period of the previous year.
Ukrainian officials say that the attacks show that Russia is not actually interested in a ceasefire, despite the efforts of the Trump administration for broker.
The Foreign Minister of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, declared Saturday that since the talks of ceased the fire began last month in Saudi Arabia, Russia “has only intensified its attacks on Ukrainian civil objects and has increased missile terror, including the strikes of energy structures”.
“This is Russia’s response to all peace proposals,” Sybiha said to the state press agency Ucrinform. “They delay, manipulate and play with their partners to continue aggression.”
