34 killed, 117 injured after Russian missiles hit Ukraine amid peace talks

16-Apr-2025

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Two Russian ballistic missiles slammed into the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy on Apr 13, killing 34 people and wounding 117 in the deadliest strike in Ukraine this year, officials said.

Dead bodies were strewn on the ground in the middle of a city street near a destroyed bus and burnt-out cars in a video posted by Zelenskyy on social media. 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy demanded a tough international response against Moscow over the attack, which came with US President Donald Trump's push to rapidly end the war struggling to make a breakthrough. 

The leaders of Britain, Germany and Italy condemned the attack.