President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia’s missile strike on central Sumy, which killed dozens of civilians, cannot in any way be described as a mistake, as US President Donald Trump had claimed.

Russia’s attack on the Ukrainian border city of Sumy has placed unwelcome emphasis on just how little fruit the White House’s relentless pursuit of diplomacy has borne.

President Trump late Sunday called a Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian city that left dozens dead a “horrible thing” and said he had been told Russia “made a mistake.”