Russian Federation's strike on Sumy: Foreign Ministry made a statement

Russia carried out a terrorist attack on a residential area of Sumy during Palm Sunday celebrations.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry will inform international partners and organisations about the Russian missile strike on Sumy. This was announced by Foreign Minister Andriy Sibyha.

He called on allies to react decisively to the Russian strike on civilians - to provide Ukraine with additional air defence systems and to increase pressure on Moscow. According to him, the attack on Palm Sunday - a Christian holiday - is a manifestation of absolute evil.

For the second month in a row, Russia has ignored a US proposal for a full ceasefire, which Ukraine backed back on 11 March. Instead, it continues to intensify terror," Sibiga noted.

We will remind, in the morning on Sunday, 13 April, two ballistic missiles of the Russian Federation struck civilian objects in the city. According to the information of the ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets, destroyed including - the building of the regional Centre for the protection of human rights.

As a result of the attack, 21 people were killed and another 83 wounded, among them seven children.

President Vladimir Zelensky expressed his condolences to the affected families, stressing that the attack hit an ordinary city street - houses, educational institutions, cars.

And this is on a day when people go to church. Only scoundrels can do such a thing," he said.