Morning opening: Europe reacts to Sumy assault
Jakub Krupa
EU international ministers are assembly in Luxembourg this morning to focus on the important thing challenges going through the bloc in international affairs, with Ukraine prime of the pile.
Reeling from the shock of Russia’s Palm Sunday’s assault on Sumy, which killed not less than 34 and injured greater than 100, the leaders will focus on what extra they will do to assist Ukraine deter Russian aggression.
We noticed sturdy political reactions already on Sunday. French president Emmanuel Macron blamed Moscow for “blatant disregard for human lives, international law, and the diplomatic efforts of president Trump.”
Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz accused Russia of “serious war crimes” and “perfidy” in the best way the assault was carried out. Polish prime minister Donald Tusk mentioned the assault represented “the Russian version of a ceasefire.”
On arrivals this morning, the language of prime international coverage chiefs was equally clear. EU’s prime diplomat Kaja Kallas mentioned it solely served as a reminder of the significance of supporting Ukraine “to put maximum pressure on Russia” because the Vladimir Putin continues to reject the ceasefire provide.
Poland’s Radosław Sikorski mentioned the “heinous” assault was “Russia’s mocking answer” to the peace efforts by president Trump, saying he hoped the US administration would see “the leader of Russia is mocking their goodwill.”
However it doesn’t look like seen that means over within the US.
Talking to reporters final night time, US president Donald Trump mentioned the assault on Sumy was “terrible,” however added he was “told it was a mistake.” He then blamed Joe Biden for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he asserted: “this is not my war.”
Coincidentally, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed CBS in an interview that he feared that “Russian narratives are prevailing in the US,” as he pointedly blamed vice-president JD Vance for the notorious Oval Workplace spat by saying he was “somehow justifying Putin’s actions.”
Zelenskyy additionally issued a dramatic plea to Trump asking him “before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead.”
Let’s see if his invite will get picked up by the White Home.
It’s Monday, 14 April 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Stay.
Good morning.
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Russia will ignore European condemnations if Trump lets them get away with Sumy assault – evaluation
Dan Sabbagh
Even by the warped requirements of wartime, Russia’s Sunday morning assault on Sumy was astonishingly brazen. Two high-speed ballistic missiles, armed, Ukraine says, with cluster munitions, slammed into the center of the border metropolis in mid-morning as households went to church, waited for a theatre efficiency or have been merely strolling about on a gentle spring day.
To ponder a daytime city-centre assault, within the full data that civilians can be current, displays a Russian tradition of impunity that has been allowed to endure with out efficient problem. Nonetheless, Washington’s strategy, beneath Donald Trump, has been to attempt to negotiate an finish to the conflict by speaking instantly with Moscow, whereas remaining largely silent on Russian assaults on civilians.
The dissonance between the killing and destruction in Sumy on Sunday and the photographed handshake between Witkoff and Putin is all too evident to most observers. It isn’t clear why it ought to even be contemplated that Ukraine hand over territory (one thing that even the US can’t simply power on Kyiv) when Russia is keen to countenance daytime assaults on civilians.
However Moscow believes, and acts prefer it believes, it could get away with it. The Kremlin will ignore condemnation from European leaders and watch for the information cycle to maneuver on – and can nearly definitely proceed to assault Ukrainian cities to little army function. Not solely are drone assaults commonplace, however there at the moment are considerations they’re routinely being armed with cluster munitions, whereas nearly day by day one or two hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles are thrown into the lethal combine.
In Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes that progressively Trump will realise Putin just isn’t negotiating in good religion. Definitely, the assault on the centre of Sumy hardly suggests a robust urge for food for peace. However it’s unclear at what level, if any, the White Home is ready to conclude that killing of civilians implies that it must put real stress on Russia to barter fairly than indulge the Kremlin.
Morning opening: Europe reacts to Sumy assault
Jakub Krupa
EU international ministers are assembly in Luxembourg this morning to focus on the important thing challenges going through the bloc in international affairs, with Ukraine prime of the pile.
Reeling from the shock of Russia’s Palm Sunday’s assault on Sumy, which killed not less than 34 and injured greater than 100, the leaders will focus on what extra they will do to assist Ukraine deter Russian aggression.
We noticed sturdy political reactions already on Sunday. French president Emmanuel Macron blamed Moscow for “blatant disregard for human lives, international law, and the diplomatic efforts of president Trump.”
Incoming German chancellor Friedrich Merz accused Russia of “serious war crimes” and “perfidy” in the best way the assault was carried out. Polish prime minister Donald Tusk mentioned the assault represented “the Russian version of a ceasefire.”
On arrivals this morning, the language of prime international coverage chiefs was equally clear. EU’s prime diplomat Kaja Kallas mentioned it solely served as a reminder of the significance of supporting Ukraine “to put maximum pressure on Russia” because the Vladimir Putin continues to reject the ceasefire provide.
Poland’s Radosław Sikorski mentioned the “heinous” assault was “Russia’s mocking answer” to the peace efforts by president Trump, saying he hoped the US administration would see “the leader of Russia is mocking their goodwill.”
However it doesn’t look like seen that means over within the US.
Talking to reporters final night time, US president Donald Trump mentioned the assault on Sumy was “terrible,” however added he was “told it was a mistake.” He then blamed Joe Biden for the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as he asserted: “this is not my war.”
Coincidentally, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy informed CBS in an interview that he feared that “Russian narratives are prevailing in the US,” as he pointedly blamed vice-president JD Vance for the notorious Oval Workplace spat by saying he was “somehow justifying Putin’s actions.”
Zelenskyy additionally issued a dramatic plea to Trump asking him “before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead.”
Let’s see if his invite will get picked up by the White Home.
It’s Monday, 14 April 2025, it’s Jakub Krupa right here, and that is Europe Stay.
Good morning.
