The purpose of their offensive actions—which have started in recent days and are planned on other fronts—is to create pressure for favorable positions at the negotiation table,” Zelenskyy said during a briefing.

Russian ballistic missiles ripped through the busy center of Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy on Sunday, officials said, killing at least 35 people and striking terror into residents who were out enjoying Palm Sunday and attending morning church services.

President Trump late Sunday called a Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian city that left dozens dead a “horrible thing” and said he had been told Russia “made a mistake.”