The Ukrainian Air Force stated that a new attack with a Russian rocket and guided bombs struck the city of Sumi in northeastern Ukraine on Monday evening (14), a day after 35 people were killed in the city.
The local authorities said that the missile attack occurred near the city and the victims were not reported. Checks were performed to determine the possible damage.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that two of its missiles reached a meeting of Ukrainian military officers on Sunday (13) in Sumi. Ukraine called on a deliberate work attack against civilians.
On Monday night, a statement issued by the Ukrainian Air Force said that a missile was released against Sumi, and within 20 minutes, another statement stated that Russian planes were firing bombs in the city.
Sugkilne’s general broadcaster reported an explosion, without further details.
Ukrainian President Folodimir Zellinski, speaking in his nightlife, said that the number of victims in Sunday’s attack reached 35 dead and 119. Forty people were in hospital with 11 people in serious condition.
Zelensky stated that approximately 50 countries and international organizations have sent support messages.
In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Defense accused Ukraine of using civilians as humanitarian shields by setting military facilities and holding events that include soldiers in the center of a densely populated city.
There was no immediate response from Kyiv to accusing the use of the human shield.
Foreign Minister Ukraine Andrei Sibha said that Russian attacks against Sumi and Cravi Rai showed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is seeking to continue the war, not the end of the matter.
The Kremlin, in turn, states that Russia is ready to search for a permanent peace that addresses what it calls the roots of the conflict.
The Russian statement said that his forces fired.Iskander-M Against the meeting site “for a tactical group to operate from the Ukrainian armed forces.
According to the statement, more than 60 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the attack.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told * Kumran * that the Ukrainian military leaders had gathered in Sumi with “Western colleagues”, but they did not specify any Western participants or clarified to support this claim.
Reuters contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to comment on the matter, but it did not get an immediate response.
Strong response
On Sunday, Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinski demanded A fixed international response Against Moscow to attack, which happened while US President Donald Trump faces difficulties in making his promise war.
“Only Al -Waghad can behave like this, and take the lives of ordinary people,” Zelinski said, noting that the attack occurred on Ramos on Sunday, on Sunday before Easter, when many Christians go to the church.
The Prime Minister of Zelinski Andrei Yermak said Russia is trying to “kill as many civilians as possible.”
Foreign Minister Andrei Sipha said Kiev “sharing detailed information on this topic War crime With all our partners and international institutions. “
The leaders of the United Kingdom, Germany and Italy condemned the attack. Trump, when interrogated About Russian bombing, he said it was terrible.
He said: “I was told that it was a mistake.” “But I think it’s a terrible thing.”
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was asked at his daily press conference on how to see Carmeen’s comment by Trump’s comment and whether the attack was a mistake.
He answered that the Kremlin does not comment on the course of the war, and that this is the issue of the Ministry of Defense.
He said, “I can only remember and remember the repeated statements of both our president and military representatives that our attacks reach exclusively military targets and are linked to the military sector,” he said.
The task of monitoring the United Nations stated in February that at least 1,2654 Ukrainian civilians were killed in the first three years of the war and hit 29392.
French President Emmanuel Macron said that the attack on Sumi highlighted the urgency of a ceasefire on Russia, and said the Foreign Minister of Poland Radoslao Sikorsky that Putin was mocking Trump’s good intention and management.