On April 13, 2025, as Russian forces attacked the city of Sumy in Ukraine, police officers performed autopsies on the bodies of Ukrainian victims. The bodies of civilian victims from Sumy lay on the ground.

　　On Sunday, April 13, 2025, amid Russia's attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, police officers conducted an autopsy on the body of a Ukrainian civilian at the site of a Russian missile strike. Photos provided by the Ukrainian Parliament's Human Rights Committee showed the bodies of victims lying on the ground, including at least several civilians, who were killed in the Russian missile attack on Sumy, Ukraine.

　　According to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, at least 35 people were killed and 117 injured, including 11 children, when two Russian ballistic missiles struck the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy around 10:15 a.m., as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday. This marks the highest death toll in an attack on Ukraine this year.Rows of black body bags lay along the roadsides of Sumy, and bodies wrapped in foil blankets could be seen amid the rubble.

　　Russian ballistic missiles struck the center of Sumy, killing 35 people, injuring 118, and scattering bodies across the streets. Ukraine accused Russian forces of intentionally targeting civilians using cluster munitions. Russia stated that it had targeted Ukrainian military forces. The attack on Sumy City in Ukraine occurred shortly after a meeting in Moscow between a U.S. special envoy and Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss efforts to end the war.

Warning01: A police officer inspects bodies at the site of a Russian missile attack amid Russia's attacks on Sumy, Ukraine, on April 13, 2025 [Handout/Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy via Reuters]

Warning02: In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Press Service, bodies of the killed residents lie on the ground following a Russian missile attack that killed at least civilia civilians in Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday, April 13, 2025.