Key points
- The whole war is a horrible thing: Trump
- Zelensky urges Trump to visit Ukraine
- Recently, US presidential envoy visited Russia to meet Putin
ISLAMABAD: United States (US) President Donald Trump has said that a Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Sumy that killed at least 34 people was “a horrible thing.”
“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,” AFP cited Trump as saying.
Asked to clarify what he meant by a “mistake,” Trump added that “they made a mistake… you’re gonna ask them” — without specifying who or what he meant.
The American leader’s National Security Council (NSC) had earlier Sunday called the Russian strike “a clear and stark reminder of why President Donald Trump’s efforts to try and end this terrible war comes at a crucial time.”
Witkoff Russia visit
The AFP reported that 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.”
The Sumy strike came two days after US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff visited Russia to meet President Vladimir Putin and push Trump’s efforts to end the war.
CBS reported that Ukrainian President Zelensky on Sunday urged Trump to visit his country to better understand the devastation wrought by Russia’s invasion.
“Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead,” CBS cited the Ukrainian leader as saying.
