"Not Enough Pressure": Zelenskyy urges world to act after Sumy strike

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the international community is failing to exert sufficient pressure on Russia, allowing it to continue attacking Ukrainian cities without fear.

Source: Zelenskyy’s evening address

Quote: "I would like to thank everyone who remembers that wars end when the crimes of war are not forgotten – and when the aggressor is met with enough pressure. And that’s exactly what’s missing right now. 

This Friday marked exactly one month since Russia spurned the US proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire. They are not afraid. That’s why they keep launching ballistic missiles. That’s why there are nearly a hundred attack drones every night – most of them Shaheds – targeting ordinary Ukrainian cities."

Details: Zelenskyy also emphasised that the Russian strikes on Sumy targeted the city centre on Palm Sunday.

"Only completely deranged scum can do something like this," he said.

The president explained that the first Russian ballistic missile struck one of the university buildings in Sumy, while the second "exploded right over a street".

Zelenskyy also reported that among the 117 injured is a girl born in 2025.

Background: As of 18:00, the number of people killed in Russia’s ballistic missile attack on Sumy on the morning of 13 April has reached 34, including two children. A total of 117 people have been injured, including 15 children.

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