Russian rockets “hit” with ballistic missiles residents gathered for the ecclesiastical function of Sunday of the Saints (13.04.2025) in the northeast city of Sumy, Ukrainekilling at least 32 people, including two children.
At least 99 people, among them 11 childrenThey were also injured by Russia’s attack in the city center, according to the Ukrainian interior ministry. The ballistic rockets hit the center of Sumias residents were watching ecclesiastical functions in one of the busiest ecclesiastical days of the year, according to Ukraine Economy Minister Julia Svirdenko.
Two ballistic missiles were fired from Russia to the city center, according to Volodymyr Artyukh, head of military administration in the region. “At that moment, many people were on the street,” he said. “The enemy hoped to cause the greatest damage To the people of Sumy. “
The attack is also the worse isolated attack on Ukrainian citizens by 2023, when 51 people were killed in attacks on Kupansk.
Ukrainian officials said preliminary information shows that they were used in the attack scattering bombs. They contain multiple explosives that are released to a large extent – to the size of several football stadiums – and are particularly dangerous for civilians when fired near residential areas.
Zelenski said the fatal blows In Sumi, they took place with ballistic missiles and called for a “strong response from the world” to the attack, which comes in the midst of the US -led efforts to mediate the end of the three -year war.
“Russia wants exactly this kind of terror and extends this war,” he said.
“A rocket with dispersion bombs is something that the Russians do to kill as many civilians as possible,” said Andriy Yermak, head of the Ukrainian President’s office, referring to “”deliberate targeting of civiliansยป.
It was a two -speed attack, with the second of the two rockets probably filled with dispersion bombs that “They exploded in the air To cause the highest possible damage to humans, “and caused a large number of victims, the head of the region’s military administration said.
The second explosion occurred approximately 200 meters from the point of the first, by hurting an area with residences, educational institutions and shops.
Among the dead was the Ores the stumpsartist of his orchestra National theater of Sumy, who died of her injuries to the attack. OR Ludmyla hordiiienkoDeputy Head of the State Tax Service, was also killed.
Sumi is just found 25 kilometers from the Russian border and is a strategic hub for the Ukrainian army. Today’s attacks hit a busy area in the city center, at peak time.
Frame from a vehicle camera shows the moment one of the rockets hits, with a bright orange light filling the screen and people running panic -stricken as smoke covers the sky of the city.