Ukraine says the Russian missile attack kills more than 20 in Sumy

Ukraine said many people were killed and injured after the Russian missiles hit the city of Sumy, days after American envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the termination of the war. Two ballistic missiles hit the center of Sumy, in northeastern Ukraine, on Sunday morning, the city’s city administration said on its telegram channel. Ukraine Minister Ihor Klymenko killed the preliminary toll on 21 people and injured 20. The ballistic rocket attacks in the middle of the city came because many people were on the street and traveled in cars and on public transport, he said. “The world must respond firmly. The United States, Europe, all in the world who want this war and this murders to end,” said Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy on social media. “Russia wants exactly this kind of terror and pulls out this war.” The missile attack came on the day Christians celebrated the pre-Easter holidays. This came after US President Donald Trump increased pressure on Russia in his attempt to ensure a ceasefire in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Trump said on his social media platform on Friday that “Russia must move” and captivate the death toll of the war, now until the fourth year. Witkoff, who became an important intermediary in Ukraine for Trump’s efforts to end the fighting, spent the same day after St. Petersburg traveled for his third meeting with Putin. Negotiations on a ceasefire – which Trump predicted that he could reach shortly after his January – came to a standstill after talks in Saudi Arabia last month. Russia demands the reconnection of one of its largest state banks to the Swift International Messaging System, which is under the European Union’s jurisdiction as a condition for accepting a US broker in the Black Sea. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of violating a 30-day moratorium on strikes against energy infrastructure that will expire on April 18. Sunday’s strike by Russia follows one earlier this month at Kryvih Rih in Central Akraine, Zelenskiy’s hometown, who killed at least 20 people, including nine children. With the help of Daryna Krasnolutska. © 2025 Bloomberg MP This article was generated from an automatic news agency feed without edits to text. First published: 13 Apr 2025, 03:28 pm Ist