Ukraine said that Russian missile attack hit a hospital, homes and children's institutions in Sumy. According to BBC, local officials said that these attacks injured 65 people including 14 children
In a statement, the locals said that the attack was carried out at about 14:00 local time (12:00 GMT) and targeted a densely populated area.
They add that an investigation into the missile attack has been launched.
The attack comes in the midst of a ceasefire and other conversations between representatives of Russia and the USA in Saudi Arabia. The separate meetings are set to discuss details of a pause in long-range attacks against energy facilities and civilian infrastructure and a halt on attacks in the Black Sea to ensure safe commercial shipping.
Ukraine and Russia agreed in principle Wednesday to a limited ceasefire after US President Donald Trump spoke with the countries' leaders, but the parties have offered different views of what targets would be off-limits to attack.
While the White House said “energy and infrastructure” would be covered, the Kremlin declared that the agreement referred more narrowly to “energy infrastructure”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would also like railways and ports to be protected.
Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight into Sunday that killed at least seven people, including a father and his 5-year-old daughter in Kyiv.
“There must be more pressure on Russia to stop this terror,” Zelenskyy said in a statement, adding that it “depends on all our partners — the US, Europe, and others around the world”.
Zelenskyy has emphasized that Ukraine is open to a full, 30-day ceasefire that Trump has proposed, while Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a complete ceasefire conditional on a halt of arms supplies to Kyiv and a suspension of Ukraine's military mobilisation — demands rejected by Ukraine and its Western allies.
