At least 32 people, including two children, were killed and 84 others injured after Russian missiles hit the center of Sumy, a city in northeastern Ukraine, on Palm Sunday. The attack happened as many people were attending church services, making it the deadliest strike on Ukrainian civilians since 2023.

Ten children are among the injured. Local officials said two ballistic missiles were fired into the city during one of the busiest church days of the year, when streets were crowded.

President Volodymyr Zelensky called the strike an act of terror and urged the world to respond strongly.

 
The attack comes just days after another missile strike killed 20 people in the city of Kryvyi Rih.