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00:00Newly released police body cam footage shows the panic in the moment two Russian ballistic
00:08missiles slammed onto the Ukrainian city of Sumy, the deadliest strike this year.
00:14A day later, the dozens of bodies have been taken away and civil defence workers continue
00:19to clean up the detritus.
00:22The number of killed and wounded on the street, in public transport, in cars that were passing
00:28by at the moment, proves that it was a terrorist attack solely against the civilian population.
00:34The Kremlin is now claiming the target was a meeting of Ukrainian commanding officers,
00:39saying that Russia only strikes military targets and accusing Ukraine of using civilians as
00:45human shields, all a fabrication, says Ukraine.
00:48While the strike sparked widespread condemnation, including by U.S. officials, U.S. President
00:53Donald Trump downplayed the intention behind it.
00:56I think it was terrible and I was told they made a mistake, but I think it's a horrible
01:00thing.
01:01I think the whole war is a horrible thing.
01:03You were told they made a mistake?
01:04You mean it was unintentional?
01:05They made a mistake.
01:06I believe it was...
01:07Look, you're going to ask them.
01:10Trump repeated his intention to end the war.
01:13In an interview with the U.S. TV network, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy spoke directly
01:18to Trump, urging him to visit the country before any negotiations or decisions about its future.
01:24Come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children, destroyed or dead.
01:38Look, and then let's move with the plan how to finish the war.
01:45You will understand with whom you have a deal.
01:49You will understand what Putin did.
01:52The Sumi strike came just days after U.S. presidential envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin
01:58their third such meeting, but there's still no sign of any concrete steps towards a ceasefire.