A Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Tuesday killed least three people with many others injured. Authorities said, multiple rockets struck apartment buildings and a medical facility in the centre of the northeastern city a day after direct peace talks made no progress on ending the 3-year war.

Terming the attack as “brutal”, President Volodymyr Zelensky said one of the rockets pierced the wall of an apartment building but failed to detonate. “That’s all you need to know about Russias desire to end this war. 

It is clear that without global pressure, without decisive action from the US, Europe, and everyone in the world who holds power, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will not agree even to a ceasefire,” Zelensky said. At talks in Istanbul on Monday, delegations from both countries agreed to swap dead and wounded troops.