The point on the situation – The United States, Europeans and the United Nations firmly condemned the Russian bombing this Sunday which left at least 34 dead in the city of Soumy, in northeast Ukraine, in full diplomatic negotiations for a truce.
A Russian bombardment left at least 34 dead Sunday in the city of Soumy, in northeast of Ukraine.
The United States, Europeans and the United Nations firmly condemned these strikes.
Shortly before these, Volodymyr Zelensky called Donald Trump to go to Ukraine to see the damage. Le Figaro takes stock of the situation.
A Russian strike in Soumy left at least 34 dead
The United States, Europeans and the United Nations firmly condemned the Russian bombing this Sunday which left at least 34 dead in the city of Soumy, in northeast Ukraine, in full diplomatic negotiations for a truce. “I think it’s terrible. And I was told they made a mistake. But I think it’s a horrible thing “said US President Donald Trump in the evening to journalists, aboard the Air Force One presidential plane.
This attack, which occurred two days after the visit of a senior American official in Russia, is the deadliest in a civil zone for months in Ukraine, and in particular since the resumption of contact between Washington and Moscow. The attack on Soumy constitutes “A brutal reminder” of the imperative to negotiate to put an end to “This terrible war”estimated the White House, by the voice of the spokesperson of the National Security Council, Brian Hughes.
In Soumy, Ukrainian help said that Moscow had struck the city center this Sunday morning with missiles “As there were a lot of people on the street”. According to this source, the latest assessment, at 6:00 p.m. (local time), was at least 34 dead, including two children, and 117 injured, including 15 children. The authorities have published images of extended bodies in the street and wounded on the ground, and decreed three days of mourning. “There are a lot of corpses (…) It’s just madness”told AFP a woman witness to the bombing, without giving her name.
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The attack in Soumy took place on Sunday of the twigs, an important date in the Christian calendar which precedes that of Easter and marks the entry into Holy Week. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has shot a strike “One day when people go to church (…) Only bastards can do this”.
This bombing aroused the condemnation of the American emissary for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, who denounced on X a strike “unacceptable” Who “Getting the limits of decency”. American diplomacy Marco Rubio described the attack on him«horrible». “It is a serious, deliberate and wanted war crime”denounced the future German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz. “This is what Putin does to those who discuss with him a ceasefire”he added.
The outgoing German chancellor Olaf Scholz sentenced a “Barbaric attack”while the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni deplored a strike “Horrible and loose” Who “Contrad all real commitment to peace”. “This war, everyone knows that it was Russia, alone, who wanted it. Today, it is clear that it is Russia that alone chooses to continue it ”castigated French President Emmanuel Macron, calling for “Strong measures” To impose a truce in Moscow. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared himself “Dismayed”. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said he was “In shock”.
Zelensky invites Trump to Ukraine to understand “what’s going on here”
Russia has attacked Ukraine tirelessly in recent weeks, despite the dissatisfaction expressed by Donald Trump who called on the Russians to stop “Bombing like crazy”and who puts pressure on the war. In early April, a Russian attack on Kryvyi Rig (center) killed 18 people, including nine children, and shocked the whole country. Washington organized indirect talks with Russian and Ukrainian officials, who extend and have not resulted in a global cessation of hostilities. In this context, American emissary Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin last Friday in Russia, for the third time since February.
In an interview recorded before the Soumy strike and broadcast on Sunday by the American television channel CBS, Mr. Zelensky called Mr. Trump to go to Ukraine to note the damage. “We want you to come to see. You think you understand what’s going on here. Very well, we respect your decision ”said the Ukrainian head of state. “But please, before making any decision, before any form of negotiation, come and see people, civilians, combatants, hospitals, churches, children, destroyed or dead. Come, see and then advance with a plan to end war ”he said. “You will understand what Poutine did”he added, stressing that“We cannot trust Putin”.
