Tears and defiance in Sumy as Russia batters city; EGuinea denies sending troops
Sumy, Ukraine (AFP) April 18, 2025 Sofia Stasyuk flinches every time she hears the increasingly frequent missile blasts and thuds of air defence over her Ukrainian hometown of Sumy. The 20-year-old journalist was taking photos for an architecture project just metres away from where two Russian ballistic missiles struck the city on Sunday, killing 35 people in one of the deadliest attacks of the entire war. Many in the nor
Sumy, Ukraine (AFP) April 18, 2025
Sofia Stasyuk flinches every time she hears the increasingly frequent missile blasts and thuds of air defence over her Ukrainian hometown of Sumy.
The 20-year-old journalist was taking photos for an architecture project just metres away from where two Russian ballistic missiles struck the city on Sunday, killing 35 people in one of the deadliest attacks of the entire war.
Many in the nor
Sofia Stasyuk flinches every time she hears the increasingly frequent missile blasts and thuds of air defence over her Ukrainian hometown of Sumy.
The 20-year-old journalist was taking photos for an architecture project just metres away from where two Russian ballistic missiles struck the city on Sunday, killing 35 people in one of the deadliest attacks of the entire war.
Many in the nor 
