Zelenskyy Urges Trump To Witness Effects Of Invasion As US Leader Calls Strike 'A Mistake'

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, has urged Donald Trump to visit the country to see the devastation caused by Russia's invasion, while the US president appeared to play down Moscow's latest deadly attack, the worst on civilians this year, calling it "a mistake".

- Luke Harding

International leaders condemned the strike on the centre of the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Sunday, which killed 34 people, including two children. Two missiles hit as people made their way to church for Palm Sunday.

One missile exploded next to a crowded trolleybus, killing many of the passengers onboard. Bodies lay on the ground and cars burned as rescuers carried away bloodied survivors. More than 100 were injured.

Asked about Russia's attack on civilians, Trump said he was trying to get the war stopped. "I think it was terrible and I was told they made a mistake, but I think it's a horrible thing," he said. "I think the whole war is a horrible thing."

Yesterday, the Kremlin denied its army had targeted civilians or that there had been any kind of "mistake".

"Our army hits only military and military-related targets," the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, said when asked about the strike.