Donald Trump has claimed that Russia ‘made a mistake’ with its devastating ballistic missile strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which left, at least 34 dead and more than 100 people injured.
‘I think it was terrible. And I was told they made a mistake. But I think it’s a horrible thing. I think the whole war is a horrible thing,’ Trump told reporters on board Air Force One while headed back to Washington.
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Asked to clarify what he meant by a ‘mistake,’ Trump said that ‘they made a mistake… you’re gonna ask them’ – without specifying who or what he meant.
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Russia staged a barbaric double Iskander-M missile strike on Ukraine on Sunday hitting a trolley bus, killing at least 34 people, including two children, and wounding 117, including 15 children.
The dead and wounded – covered in blood – lay in the streets of the city centre after two massive explosions rocked the city, with video showing fireballs erupting in busy civilian areas.
President Trump’s National Security Council (NSC) had earlier Sunday called the Russian strike ‘a clear and stark reminder’ of why his efforts to ‘try and end this terrible war comes at a crucial time.’
Neither Trump nor the White House named Moscow as the perpetrator of the attack, though Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier offered condolences to the ‘victims of today’s horrifying Russian missile attack on Sumy.’
‘Only completely deranged scum can do something like this,’ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated last night.
Speaking in a US television interview broadcast yesterday, he urged President Trump to visit his country to better understand the devastation wrought by Russia’s invasion.
