Come see what Putin has done: Zelenskyy invites Donald Trump to Ukraine

Moments after Russian ballistic missiles struck the heart of Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy, killing at least 34 people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited former US President Donald Trump to visit the war-afflicted zone to “understand what Putin did.”

Zelenskyy urged Trump to visit Ukraine before coming to any decision or agreement when it came to the ongoing war.

“Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead,” Zelenskyy said in a CBS interview on Sunday.

Russia’s missile attack on Sumy drew widespread criticism from international leaders with French President Emmanuel Macron claiming that Russia was “undermining the diplomatic efforts made by President Trump.”

“Strong measures are needed to impose a ceasefire on Russia. France is working tirelessly toward this goal, alongside its partners,” Macron said.

Echoing the same sentiment, Germany’s chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz claimed that the Russian President only sees Europe’s peace offer as a “weakness”.

While Italy’s Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, denounced the attacks as “horrible” and “cowardly”, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that he was “appalled”, while stressing the need to draw up an “immediate and full ceasefire without conditions.”

Reacting to Russia’s attack targeting civilians in Sumy, Trump called it “a horrible thing.”

“I think it was terrible. And I was told they made a mistake. But I think it’s a horrible thing. I think the whole war is a horrible thing,” Trump was quoted as saying to reporters by Agence France-Presse. When asked about what he meant by “mistake,” Trump asked the reporters to “ask them” without clarifying about who or what.