Poland Calls Out Moscow for 'Mocking' Trump After Deadly Ukraine Strike

Poland's foreign minister didn't mince words on Monday, pressing former President Donald Trump to step up and counter Vladimir Putin's relentless campaign in Ukraine. This comes after a harrowing Russian strike on Palm Sunday left 34 dead—including two children—stirring outrage across Europe.

Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, speaking before an EU foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg, expressed deep horror at the latest Russian attacks. "Ukraine unconditionally agreed to a ceasefire over a month ago," Sikorski pointed out. "The heinous attacks on Kryvyi Rih and Sumy are Russia's mocking answer." If there was ever a time for calling out a bad-faith move, this is it.

On Sunday, Russian forces fired two ballistic missiles into the heart of Sumy, a city just 30 miles from the Russian border. Moscow insisted it was targeting a meeting of top Ukrainian military officials and claimed 60 troops were killed, though they offered no proof. What is confirmed: 30 civilians lost their lives and 119 were injured. Officials haven't clarified whether any military leaders were among the dead.

This attack came barely a week after another deadly Russian strike hit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s hometown, Kryvyi Rih. That strike was especially grim—it happened near a playground and killed 19 people, nine of them children, marking the deadliest single incident for kids since the war began. It’s hard to fathom how playgrounds have become targets in 2025.

Sikorski called on Trump directly: "I hope that President Trump and his administration see that the leader of Russia is mocking their goodwill and I hope the right decisions are taken." The diplomatic translation: it’s time to get off the sidelines.

The international response was swift and stinging. Germany’s chancellor-designate Friedrich Merz called the attack a "serious war crime," while Lithuania summoned a Russian diplomat to answer for the incident. France’s foreign minister demanded even tougher sanctions to "suffocate" Russia’s economy and clamp down on its war machine.

For his part, Trump did condemn the attacks, labeling them "terrible," but added he "was told they made a mistake." He also remarked, "But I think it's a horrible thing." Not exactly the Churchillian rhetoric of the hour.

The scale of recent Russian assaults is staggering. In just the last month, Russian forces have dropped 2,800 air bombs, fired more than 1,400 drones—including a blitz of 62 Shahed drones on Sunday night—and launched around 60 other missiles of various types, according to the Associated Press. That’s a lot of so-called "mistakes" for one month.