Trump condemns 'terrible' Russian missile attack on Ukrainian city of Sumy
US President joins world leaders on condemning the ‘terrible’ Palm Sunday attack on Sumy
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Donald Trump has condemned a Russian attack that killed more than 30 people in the Ukrainian city of Sumy as “terrible”.
At least 32 people were killed in the attack on Sumy as residents gathered on the morning of Palm Sunday. Two children were among the dead, while 84 people were injured.
The US President joined world leaders on condemning the attack, calling it “terrible” - but said that he had been “told they made a mistake”, without elaborating.
“They made a mistake. I believe it was. You’re gonna ask them,” Trump said.
Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg said the attack had crossed “any line of decency”.
The condemnation came as Ukraine’s Persident Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Donald Trump to visit Ukraine and witness first hand the devastation caused by Russia’s invasion.
“Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead,” Mr Zelensky said in an interview for CBS’s 60 Minutes programme, recorded before Russia’s attack on Sumy.
“You will understand with whom you have a deal.
“It will not be theatre, with preparing actors in the streets and the [city] centre,” he said, adding that it is only after the visit that Trump will “understand what Putin did”.
Following the attack on Sumy, Mr Zelensky said on social media that “only filthy scum can act like this - taking the lives of ordinary people”.
A Ukrainian rescuer works to extinguish a fire at the site of a missile attack in Sumy
UKRAINIAN EMERGENCY SERVICE/AFP
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was “appalled” by the attack, which saw two ballistic missiles strike the eastern Ukrainian city.
Sir Keir said: “This latest deadly attack is a stark reminder of the continued bloodshed perpetrated by Putin.
“President Zelensky has shown his commitment to peace, President Putin must now agree to a full and immediate ceasefire without conditions - as Ukraine has done.”
The attack comes after a week in which US envoy Steve Witkoff again travelled to Russia to press the Kremlin to come to the negotiating table as Trump’s administration continues to seek a peace deal.
Moscow has already rejected a US-backed proposal for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire, and has appeared to drag its feet on implementing a more limited truce in the Black Sea, saying some of the sanctions on Russia should be lifted first.
Meanwhile, the fighting continued on Monday.
Overnight attacks by Russia sparked a fire at a petrol station in Zaporizhzhia, injured at least eight people and damaged houses across the southeastern part of Ukraine, regional officials.
More than 30 people were killed in the Russian missile strike in Sumy (AP Photo)
AP
No-one was injured in the petrol station fire that followed a drone attack on the region, Ivan Fedorov, the governor of the Zaporizhzhia region, said in a post on Telegram.
He posted a photo of large flames consuming a structure at night.
The US in late March said it reached agreement with Russia and Ukraine on two ceasefire accords, including one that would ban strikes on each other’s energy infrastructure. Both sides have repeatedly accused each other of breaking the moratoriums.
It was not immediately clear whether the petrol station in Zaporizhzhia was a target of the attack or whether the fire was sparked by falling debris from a destroyed drone.
There was no comment from Russia, and Mr Fedorov’s report has not been independently verified.
Seven people were injured in a Russian drone attack on the Black Sea port of Odesa that also damaged several homes and a medical facility late on Sunday, Ukraine’s Emergency Service said in a post on Telegram.
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