Reactions to the missile attack in Sumy
The international community is condemning the new attack of the Russian troops in Ukraine
Bogdan Matei, 14.04.2025, 14:00
Until the increasingly improbable conclusion of a truce, Russia’s invading troops are continuing their bloody onslaught in Ukraine. Russian missiles killed at least 34 people wounding more than 100 in the northern city of Sumy on Sunday.
It was on Palm Sunday, this year celebrated on the same day by both the Western and Eastern Christians.
The political officials in Kyiv didn’t hesitate to accuse the Russians that they waited specifically for a special day to be able to kill with a single shot as many as possible as they knew that people would gather for celebration.
Two ballistic missiles went off close to the state university and the congress center in the city. One of these hit a bus full of people. Shocking images posted by international media show bodies thrown into the street, burning cars and paramedics carrying bleeding survivors.
They are also noting the cynicism of the regime led by septuagenarian Vladimir Putin, a former officer of the Soviet political police, who is posing as a defender of the traditional values but has no problem in killing people on a Christian holiday.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr, Zelensky has invited his US counterpart, Donald Trump, to come to Ukraine and see for himself the disaster caused by the Russian invasion.
Engaged, at least at a declarative level, in peace talks aimed at settling the conflict in Ukraine, the US President has described the Sumy attack as a ‘horrible thing’, but added that he was told the Russians had made a mistake.
President Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, ret. General Keith Kellog, says ‘the attack has crossed any line of decency’
According to French President, Emmanuel Macron, Russia started this war “and today, it is clear that Russia alone chooses to continue it – with blatant disregard for human lives, international law and the diplomatic efforts of President Trump.”
The Prime Ministers of Italy and Britain, Giorgia Meloni and Keir Starmer, respectively, as well as German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, have also condemned the carnage in Sumy. According to Romania’s interim President Ilie Bolojan, “heartrending images are coming from Sumy on this Palm Sunday, when Russian missiles have killed innocent civilians. Our thoughts and hearts go out to the Ukrainian people and the victims’ families. We continue to back all efforts aimed at implementing peace and putting an end to these war crimes.” “The Romanian government is solidary with Ukraine. We convey condolences to the families of the victims of Russia’s horrific missile attack on Sumy in this Palm Sunday. We are firmly condemning this atrocity” – Romania’s Prime Minister, Marcel Ciolacu also writes.
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