Questions raised over decision to host military awards ceremony in Sumy As we reported yesterday, it's been suggested that Russia's attack on Sumy targeted an awards ceremony being held for military personnel. According to Artem Semenikhin, the mayor of Konotop, a city in the Sumy region, the awards ceremony "helped Russia justify their terrorist attack". Sky News has since had confirmation of this from one source in Sumy and has approached Ukraine's defence ministry for further information. International correspondent Diana Magnay says it immediately raises questions over why the ceremony was planned in Sumy in the first place. "Especially in a town that close to the Russian border - and at a time when Russia's spring offensive seems to be underway in that area - you have to question why commanders would have been prepared to host something which would have been an obvious target had the information leaked out that it was taking place." Donald Trump called the attack "horrible" when speaking last night but suggested it was "a mistake" from Russia, without explaining further. "He certainly seems to be quite forgiving of Vladimir Putin, given the number of times over the past three years of this war that Russia has targeted civilians or that civilians have died as a result of his missiles," Magnay says.