Russia accused the “hollow” peace talks after Sumi hit dozens

Ukraine, Ukraine, said after a Russian missile was hit by hollow statements about peace.

Andrei Sibha said: “Any diplomacy with Moscow should support firearms, penalties and pressure,” Andrei Sipha said.

The attack, which Ukraine says the targeted civil infrastructure occurred with the American and Russon negotiators met in its head to hold talks aimed at stopping the aspects of the war.

It is said that the top of the agenda is to revive the grain deal for 2022, which allows Kev to export across the Black Sea without Russian attacks. On the other hand, it is said that Moscow is seeking to reduce Western sanctions, allowing it to export fertilizers.

Russia has stopped giving a safe passage to goods ships going to and from Ukraine in the summer of 2023, when it withdrew from the black marine grain deal.

Ukraine delegation is also in the Saudi capital. There after interviewing their American counterparts on Sunday evening.

Kiev described talks as “fruitful and focused”, while US President Donald Trump’s special envoy said that separate discussions with Ukrainian and Russian teams will achieve “some real progress” to end the war.

Russia and Ukraine continued to fight, despite the ongoing talks looking to stop hostilities through the vast front line.

Ukrainian officials say 65 people, including 14 children, were injured in a Monday’s attack on the northern city of Sumi.

The strike targeted children’s institutions and a hospital, according to Sumi Regional President.

Prime Minister Ukraine Dennis Shmeisal said the attack showed that Russia “shows again that it wants to continue terrorism.”

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

Sumi borders, Russia’s Cursk, which the Ukrainian forces have occupied parts of it to strengthen Kiev’s hand in any negotiations, although they have been forced in recent weeks.

Russia and Ukraine accused each other of not adhering to a 30 -day ceasefire deal last week, during which the warring parties refrain from targeting infrastructure facilities.

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

The Ministry of Defense said it had been dropped over 227 Ukrainian drones in many Russian regions.

Meanwhile, a 37 -year -old Russian air strike was injured in the Kiev region of Ukraine, according to the local authorities.

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and Moscow is currently controlling about 20 % of Ukrainian lands.

The current negotiations, which are in the United States, are part of the Trump plan Securing a wider scale cease -fire in Ukraine.

His own envoy, Steve Whitchov, said that he hopes that real progress will be made during the conversations, in an interview with Fox News.

After a meeting on Sunday evening between Kiev and Washington, Ukrainian Defense Secretary Rostam Omrov said that the talks were working to secure “fair and lasting peace” for Ukraine and Europe.

“The discussion was fruitful and focused – we have taken the main points including energy,” he said in a post on X.

“There were difficult negotiations in the future,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said before Monday.

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