The victims and victims of Russian missiles in sums exceeded 110 people
Thirty -two fell victims, and more than 84 people were injured by two Russian ballistic missiles that crashed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of sums on Sunday morning of Tsvetnitsa. The day is celebrated by both the Russian and Ukrainian church as a holiday Vrabnitsa.
Two children are among those killed, the Ukrainian authorities said.
President Volodimir Zelenski has condemned the attack, one of the deadliest blows against Ukraine this year – and called for a firm international reaction against Moscow.
| « Only scoundrels can act like that. To take the lives of ordinary people, » Zelenski wrote on social networks, along with a chilling video showing corpses on the ground, a bus destroyed and burned cars in the middle of a street. |
« And this is on the day when people go to church: Tsvetnitsa, the holiday of the entrance of the Lord in Jerusalem, » Zelenski added.
The amounts are mainly inhabited by a Russian -speaking area in northeastern Ukraine, which has recently been a frequent object of Russian attacks, and President Vladimir Putin has cited it as part of a future buffer zone under Russian control.
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Interior Minister Igor Klimenko said the victims were on the street, in cars and in public transport, as well as in buildings during the impact.
| « Intentional destruction of civilians on an important church holiday, » writes Klimenko |
Andry Jermak, head of Zelenski’s cabinet, said the missiles had cassette ammunition that exacerbates the damage.
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« The Russians do this to kill as many civilians as possible, » he said.
So far, Russia, which claims that it does not aim for civil purposes, has not commented on the tragedy.
Following the attack, Zelenski called on the United States and Europe to be firmly tuned to Russia in response to what he described as terrorism.
| « Russia wants exactly this kind of terror and delay this war. Without pressure on the aggressor, peace is impossible. Negotiations have never stopped ballistic missiles and aviation bombs, » he writes. |
Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and currently holds about 20% of the territory of the country to the east and south. Recently, Russian forces have slowly progressed east, although rockets and drones are now dominated by the war.
