President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia’s missile strike on central Sumy, which killed dozens of civilians, cannot in any way be described as a mistake, as US President Donald Trump had claimed.

Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian border city of Sumy has placed unwelcome emphasis on just how little fruit the White House’s relentless pursuit of diplomacy has borne.

The missile attack on Sumy on April 13 served as a grim reminder of the deadly cost of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — and highlighted how little progress Trump has made in ending a war he once claimed he could stop quickly.