Many civilian deaths reported as Russian missile hits Sumy city centre on Palm Sunday – photos, video

Civilian fatalities have occurred due to a Russian missile strike targeting the centre of the city of Sumy on the morning of 13 April. Source: Artem Kobzar, acting Mayor of Sumy, on Facebook; social media Quote from Kobzar: "Many fatalities have been reported due to the missile strike...

The enemy has struck civilians again."

Details: Reports on social media suggest that the strike has hit the city centre.

Updated: Sumy Oblast Military Administration noted that Russian forces had fired two ballistic missiles on Sumy city centre. Information about the aftermath of the Russian attack is being gathered. Later, Kobzar added that over 20 people had been killed.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reacted to the strike, indicating that "dozens of civilians have been killed and wounded".

Ukraine's Interior Ministry later reported that 21 people had been killed and at least 20 injured in the attack.

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