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🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — On today, April 13, 2025, Russian Federation carried out a missile strike against the city of Sumy, Northern Ukraine

Russian missiles struck the heart of the Ukrainian city of Sumy as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday, killing at least 34 people, officials said, in the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in just over a week.

The two ballistic missiles hit around 10:15 a.m. in a double-tap strike, officials said.

Images from the scene showed lines of black body bags on the side of the road, while more bodies were seen wrapped in foil blankets among the debris.

Video footage also showed fire crews fighting to extinguish the shells of burned-out cars among the rubble from damaged buildings.

The dead included two children, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said in a statement. A further 117 people were wounded, including 15 children, it said.

Some videos published by netizens on the aftermath show many bodies of civilians laying on the streets.

A bus full of people was also hit.

It happens as United States continuously tries to force Russia into a temporary ceasefire with Ukraine .