Ukraine says 32 killed in Russian ballistic missile strike on Sumy

The Associated Press

· Posted: Apr 13, 2025 8:36 AM EDT | Last Updated: 13 minutes ago

At slightest 32 radical person been killed successful a Russian rocket onslaught connected the Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy connected Sunday, officials said.

Two ballistic missiles struck the bosom of the metropolis astir 10:15 a.m. section clip arsenic radical gathered to observe Palm Sunday, according to officials.

Images posted from the country connected authoritative channels showed lines of achromatic assemblage bags lying connected the broadside of the road, portion much bodies were seen wrapped successful foil blankets among the debris. Video footage besides showed occurrence crews arsenic they fought to extinguish the shells of burnt-out cars among the rubble from damaged buildings.

"On this agleam Palm Sunday, our assemblage has suffered a unspeakable tragedy," acting politician Artem Kobzar said successful a connection connected societal media. "Unfortunately, we already cognize of much than 20 deaths."

At slightest 32 radical were killed arsenic a effect of the attack, including 2 children, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said successful a statement. A further 84 radical were injured, including 10 children, it said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that rescue efforts were ongoing and said "dozens" had been killed successful the treble rocket attack.

"According to preliminary information, dozens of civilians were killed and wounded. Only filthy scum tin enactment similar this — taking the lives of mean people," helium said.

The onslaught connected Sumy is the 2nd large-scale onslaught to assertion civilian lives successful conscionable implicit a week, pursuing a deadly rocket onslaught connected Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih connected April 4 that killed immoderate 20 people, including 9 children.

Zelenskyy besides called for a planetary effect to the attack. "Talks person ne'er stopped ballistic missiles and aerial bombs. What's needed is an cognition toward Russia that a violent deserves," helium said.

The strike highlights the urgent need to enforce a ceasefire connected Russia, wrote French President Emmanuel Macron connected X connected Sunday.

"Everyone knows it is Russia unsocial that wants this war. Today it is wide that Russia unsocial wants to proceed with it, showing its scorn for quality life, planetary instrumentality and diplomatic efforts made by President Trump," Macron said.

Elsewhere successful Ukraine, the politician of the Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, said Sunday that a Russian onslaught had deed 1 of the city's kindergartens, shattering windows and damaging the building's facade. No casualties were reported.

The onslaught comes little than a time aft Russia and Ukraine's apical diplomats accused each different of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered woody to intermission strikes connected vigor infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an extremity to the three-year-old war.

The 2 countries' overseas ministers spoke astatine abstracted events astatine the yearly Antalya Diplomacy Forum, a time aft U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to sermon bid prospects.

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"The Ukrainians person been attacking america from the precise beginning, each passing day, possibly with 2 oregon 3 exceptions," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding that Moscow would supply the U.S., Turkey and planetary bodies with a database of Kyiv's attacks during the past 3 weeks.

His Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, fiercely contested that claim, saying Saturday that Russia had launched "almost 70 missiles, implicit 2,200 [exploding] drones, and implicit 6,000 guided aerial bombs astatine Ukraine, mostly astatine civilians," since agreeing to the constricted intermission connected strikes.