Russia accused of ‘hollow’ peace conversations after Sumy Strike Here dozens

Russia must stop his attacks instead of “making hollow statements about peace,” said Ukraine Foreign Minister, after a Russian missile strike hurt dozens of people in the city of Sumy.

“Any diplomacy with Moscow must be backed by fire power, sanctions and pressure,” said Andrii Sybiha.

The attack, which Ukraine says that he went to a directed civil infrastructure, took place when the American and Russian negotiators met in Riyadh for conversations aimed at stopping aspects of the war.

According to the reports, the upper part of the agenda is the rebirth of a 2022 grain agreement that allows kyiv to export through the Black Sea without Russian attacks. In return, it is said that Moscow seeks the relief of Western sanctions, allowing you to export fertilizers.

Russia stopped giving a safe passage to the load ships they went and from Ukraine in the summer of 2023, when he withdrew from the black sea grain agreement.

The Ukraine delegation is also in the Saudi capital. He remained there after meeting American homologists on Sunday night.

Kyiv described the conversations as “productive and centered”, while the special envoy of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, said that the separate discussions with the Ukrainian and Russian teams would cause “real progress” to end the war.

Both Russia and Ukraine have continued to fight despite the ongoing conversations that seek to stop hostilities in the vast line of front.

Ukrainian officials say that 65 people, including 14 children, were injured in Monday’s attack against the city of Sumy.

The strike attacked children’s establishments and a hospital, according to the regional head of Sumy.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine, Denys, Shmyhal, said the attack showed that Russia was “once again showing that he wants to continue terror.”

“The international community must increase the pressure on Russia to stop aggression and guarantee justice and save the lives of Ukrainians,” he wrote in X.

Sumy borders the Kursk region of Russia, parts of which they have been occupied by Ukrainian troops to strengthen kyiv’s hand in any negotiation, although they have been forced to return in recent weeks.

Russia and Ukraine have accused of not fulfilling the agreement of last week for a high 30 -day fire during which the parties at war would refrain from addressing the infrastructure facilities.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Ukraine launched a drone attack against the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station in Krasnodar, southern Russia, at 02:00 local time on Monday (23:00 GMT on Sunday), according to Russian state media.

The Ministry of Defense said that 227 Ukrainian drones in several Russian regions had demolished during the night.

Meanwhile, a Russian air strike wounded a 37 -year -old man in the kyiv region in Ukraine, according to local authorities.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow currently controls about 20% of the Ukrainian territory.

Current negotiations, mediated by the United States, are part of Trump’s plan for Ensure a widest fire in Ukraine.

His special envoy, Steve Witkoff, said he was hoping that real progress would be made during conversations, in an interview with Fox News.

After Sunday night’s meeting between kyiv and Washington, Ukraine Defense Minister Rustem Uumev said the conversations were working to ensure “just and lasting peace” for Ukraine and Europe.

“The discussion was productive and focused: we approached the key points, including energy,” he said in an X publication.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, said before Monday’s meeting that there were “difficult negotiations ahead.”

“We are only at the beginning of this path,” he told Russian State TV.