Russia said two of its missiles hit a meeting of Ukrainian military officers on Sunday in the city of Sumy, after Ukraine called the strike a deliberate attack on civilians. Local prosecutors in the northern Ukrainian city said the death toll rose to 35 on Monday,

The defence ministry said its forces had fired "two Iskander-M tactical missiles at the meeting venue" of what it called an operational tactical group of Ukraine's armed forces. It said that more than 60 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the strike.

A Russian airstrike killed more than 30 people, including children, in Sumy, Ukraine as people gathered for Palm Sunday services marking the deadliest attack so far this year. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strike was evidence of Russia,

European officials have condemned Russia’s deadly missile attack k on Ukraine’s Sumy that killed and wounded scores.