‘I saw cars on fire. People were lying at my feet’: Ukrainian survivors describe Russia’s attack on Sumy

Alla Shyrshonkova was on a bus when Russian missiles hit the city. Now a toy bear and hippo mark the spot where 35 people, including two children, were killed

Last weekend, Alla Shyrshonkova got on the 62 bus on a journey to her cottage near the Ukrainian city of Sumy. It was a warm spring day. I thought I'd sit with friends, have some tea. Birds were singing. The weather was beautiful. It was so nice," she recalled.

The bus was packed. There wasn't a single free seat. People were standing. Some were going to church for Palm Sunday. There were families with children."