The Russian missiles hit the heart of the city of Sumy of the Northeast of Ukraine while people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. At least 34 people died in the second large -scale attack in Ukraine to claim civil lives in just over a week.
The authorities said that two ballistic missiles hit around 10:15 am local time. The images of the scene showed black body bags on the side of the road, while more bodies wrapped in aluminum blankets between the rubble were seen.
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The dead included two children, said the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in a statement. About 117 people were injured, including 15 children.
“Only dirty scum can act like this: leading the life of common people,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy. In a statement on social networks, he said that the first attack pressed buildings belonging to a city university, while the second exploded above the street level.
The head of the Ukrainian president’s office, Andriy Yermak, said the strike also used cluster ammunition in an attempt to kill as many people as possible. Associated Press could not verify the claim.
The United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, offered condolences to the victims of the “horrible Russian missile attack against Sumy.”
“This is a tragic reminder of why President Trump and his administration are putting so much time and effort to try to end this war and achieve a fair and lasting peace,” he said.
Ukrainian emergency service through AP) 
Lt. Gene retired. Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy to Ukraine and Russia, said the attack Sumy crossed “any line of decency” and that the White House was still committed to finishing the conflict.
“There are tens of civilians and injured. As a former military leader, I understand the orientation, and this is wrong. That is why President Trump is working hard to end this war,” he said.
The attack on Sumy followed a deadly strike on April 4. In the hometown of Zenskyy or Kryvyi Rih That killed at least 19 people, including nine children.
Zenskyy asked for a global response to the attack.
“The conversations have never stopped ballistic missiles and aerial bombs. What is needed is an attitude towards Russia that a terrorist deserves,” he said.
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In other parts of Ukraine, two women, 62 and 68, and a 48 -year -old man died in Russian attacks against the Kherson region, said local governor Oleksandr Prokudin. Another person was killed during Russian bombing in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, said Governor Vadym Flashkin.
The mayor of the Ukrainian city of Jharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, said that a Russian strike hit one of the city’s kindergarten windows and damaged the facade of the building. No victims were reported.
The strikes arrive a day after Russia and Ukraine major diplomats Accused of each other or violating a tentative negotiation agreement of the United States for falsification attacks on energy infrastructure, underlining the challenges of negotiating the end of the Three -year war.
The foreign ministers of the two countries spoke in separate events in the Annual Diplomacy Forum of Antalya a day later American shipping Steve Witkoff With Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the perspectives of peace.
“The Ukrainians have attacked our legs from the beginning, every day, perhaps with two or three exceptions,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, and added that Moscow would be promised in the United States, Turkey, three weeks, a list of the list of the list of the list on the list on the list of the list of the duration.
His Ukrainian counterpart, Andrii Sybiha, played that statement, saying on Saturday that Russia had launched almost 70 missiles, about 2,200 explosive drones and more than 6000 guided air pumps “dirty strikes.