Palm Sunday Attack Leaves Sumy Residents Doubtful of a Ukraine-Russia Cease-Fire
People in the Ukrainian city struck on Palm Sunday have little hope of a cease-fire.
People in the Ukrainian city struck on Palm Sunday have little hope of a cease-fire.
At least 35 people were killed in the attack on Sumy, which came as Ukraine’s leader urged President Trump to come witness the realities of war firsthand.
Petro O. Poroshenko, who led the country before Volodymyr Zelensky, said that peace talks could be smoothed if opposition figures were included in the government.
The strikes were the latest in a string of attacks on urban centers that have caused heavy civilian casualties even as the Trump administration pushes for a cease-fire.
Kyiv and Washington have been haggling over a deal for resource rights that President Trump sees as a way to “recoup” past U.S. aid to Ukraine.
A Russian missile strike near a playground in central Ukraine killed 19 people, including nine children. The attack was a painful reminder that a cease-fire remains as distant as ever.
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Ukrainian Navy officers and business owners in the port city pondered what Kyiv could gain from a truce after it pushed back Russian vessels and resumed commercial shipping.
While Russian missile and drone bombardments have been unrelenting over more than three years of war, they have intensified in recent weeks amid U.S.-led peace talks.
In a major mining region of Ukraine, President Trump’s proposal to collect profits from mineral wealth is meeting with a mix of skepticism and weary acceptance.