Russia is accused of waging a war crime by striking the Ukrainian city of Sumy on Palm Sunday. Trump’s Envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, echoed Kiev’s say that Russia had targeted parishioners. Trump also tweeted and chimed in to say,” I was told they ( Russia ) made a mistake, it was terrible.”
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later claimed that NATO troops were present at a conference of the control team of the Seversk operational-tactical party, which the Russian Defense Ministry insisted and later insisted.
A debate is currently raging about whether the assault was a genuine attack, as Russia insists, as Ukraine claimed, as Trump claimed.
The claim by Ukraine is intended to encourage Western influence to force Trump to renounce his agreement with Russia. Trump and Putin are supposed to have to go through more difficult times as they continue the discussions and by accusing Russia of intentionally targeting parishioners on Palm Sunday.
Trump’s description of the occasions was not only going to undermine himself by denying that they took position, but he also didn’t want to fall victim to Ukraine’s scheme to give cred to its state of war crimes.
That’s why he rather chose to acknowledge what happened but attribute it to some ambiguous “mistake” by Russia, such as a sluggish weapon or inaccurate intelligence. Trump won’t let such attacks stifle their continuing discussions, but he doesn’t support any Russian strikes that leave civilians dead.
Russia’s explanation defends the government’s integrity by claiming that Ukraine uses de facto human shields by using military force without authorization in human areas while insisting that the targets were reasonable.
The governor of local Konotop, who , declared on video , that the local military government “organized an medal ceremony for the men of the 117th battalion” that day.
He added that there was a civil service delegation present, which he claimed the local military governor had previously been told not to hold, probably because of the possibility of a Russian strike.
This extra data contextualizes Russia’s decision-making method and the reported human deaths, which are omitted from many of the popular media reports about Palm Sunday’s missile attack.
Therefore, it was a genuine strike from Russia’s point of view rather than a war crime or a bad mistake.
According to the local military government, he probably considered that inviting people to a ceremony where they could honor the soldiers he had chosen to host inside the city would deter Russia. Russia’s cost-benefit study was not what he had anticipated, though.
From Russia’s standpoint, eliminating those VIP military targets at the risk of causing some civilian casualties may halt the conflict and eventually save more lives over the long run than if the issue continued.
Additionally, it is important to keep in mind that Ukraine has the legal obligation to not deploy military equipment in civilian areas while Russia has the right to strike military targets somewhere in Ukraine.
Whatever one may think about the ethics of Russia’s decision-making approach, the local military governor made a mistaken choice to surround this genuine goal in Sumy with de facto human spears in an unsuccessful attempt to deter Russia.
The attack was also used to force Ukraine out of the rest of the nearby Kursk Region because it was reported that the goals who had gathered in Sumy were directly to blame for the invasion of Soviet territory. Russians must first and foremost remove the Ukrainian troops from Kursk before any cease-fire.
The civilian deaths brought on by the hit serve as the ideal pretext for rallying the West against the Russia-US talks, which have an even greater necessity given the impact that this attack had on Ukraine’s operations in Kursk, from Ukraine’s view.
Russia  may increase its battle into Sumy  in order to force Kyiv into complying with Moscow’s harmony needs if Ukraine is soon forced out of this whole region as a result.
Ukraine naturally wants to stop this, but it thinks mobilizing the West might be a better way to go, especially if the media’s coverage of the hit makes the Russia-US discussions more difficult. T…
The timing couldn’t have been better for Kyiv, as Putin will have to decide by Friday ( April 18 )   whether or not to extend the lopsided “energy ceasefire” with Ukraine. If he decides against immediately following the Palm Sunday projectile attack, Ukraine might be able to more effectively unite the West against Russia.
Despite what he said on Monday, it seems unlikely that Trump will be pressured to draw the US out of talks with Russia or to give Ukraine more weapons, at least based on his statements.  ,
Trump claims that” Zelensky is ] often looking to buy weapons. You have to be aware that you can win a battle when you start one. You don’t launch a war against a person who is 20 times your length and wait for help from other people.
These are not the thoughts of a leader who wants to keep the fight in Ukraine going. In light of this, it’s unlikely that Ukraine will profit from exploiting the event.
Trump chose the middle ground by blaming what happened as a vague “mistake” rather than adopting either Ukraine or Russia’s area on the issue. Thus, the peace process will likely stay on course for the time being. However, it will take some time before any significant agreement can be reached, which is still likely to be.
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