On this photograph offered by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Press Service, our bodies of the killed residents lie on the bottom following a Russian missile assault that killed not less than civilia civilians in Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday, April 13, 2025.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At the least 32 folks have been killed in a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian metropolis of Sumy on Sunday, officers mentioned.
Two ballistic missiles struck the center of town at round 10:15 a.m. as folks gathered to rejoice Palm Sunday, in line with officers. Pictures posted from the scene on official channels confirmed strains of black physique baggage mendacity on the aspect of the highway, whereas extra our bodies have been seen wrapped in foil blankets among the many particles. Video footage additionally confirmed fireplace crews as they fought to extinguish the shells of burnt-out automobiles among the many rubble from broken buildings.
“On this bright Palm Sunday, our community has suffered a terrible tragedy,” performing Mayor Artem Kobzar mentioned in a press release on social media. “Unfortunately, we already know of more than 20 deaths.”
At the least 32 folks have been killed on account of the assault, together with two youngsters, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine mentioned in a press release. An extra 84 folks have been injured, together with 10 youngsters, it mentioned.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that rescue efforts have been ongoing and mentioned “dozens” had been killed within the double missile assault.
“According to preliminary information, dozens of civilians were killed and wounded. Only filthy scum can act like this — taking the lives of ordinary people,” he mentioned.
The assault on Sumy is the second large-scale assault to say civilian lives in simply over every week, following a lethal missile strike on Zelenskyy’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih on April 4 that killed some 20 folks, together with 9 youngsters.
Zelenskyy additionally referred to as for a world response to the assault. “Talks have never stopped ballistic missiles and aerial bombs. What’s needed is an attitude toward Russia that a terrorist deserves,” he mentioned.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, the mayor of the Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, mentioned Sunday {that a} Russian strike had hit one of many metropolis’s kindergartens, shattering home windows and damaging the constructing’s facade. No casualties have been reported.
The strikes come a day after Russia and Ukraine’s senior diplomats accused one another of violating a tentative U.S.-brokered deal to pause strikes on vitality infrastructure, underscoring the challenges of negotiating an finish to the 3-year battle.
The 2 international locations’ international ministers spoke at separate occasions on the annual Antalya Diplomacy Discussion board, a day after U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to debate peace prospects.
“The Ukrainians have been attacking us from the very beginning, every passing day, maybe with two or three exceptions,” Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned, including that Moscow would offer the U.S., Turkey and worldwide our bodies with an inventory of Kyiv’s assaults in the course of the previous three weeks.
His Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, contested that declare, saying Saturday that Russia had launched “almost 70 missiles, over 2,200 (exploding) drones, and over 6,000 guided aerial bombs at Ukraine, mostly at civilians” since agreeing to the restricted pause on strikes.
