Nine were reported that were killed in the Russian strike on the civilian bus in Ukraine

Local officials said nine people were killed in a Russian drone attack on a small civilian bus in northeastern Ukraine.

Regional military leaders said that seven other people were injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilobelia, Sumi, where the small bus traveled to the regional capital near the borders of Russia.

The report came a few hours after Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks since 2022.

Volodymr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, said the attack was “deliberate killing for civilians.” Russia did not comment directly, but the government media reported that the forces had reached a “military launch zone” in Sumi.

Zelinski added that the Russian forces “could only understand the type of vehicles they were hitting.”

Quoting initial information, SUMY Regional Oleh Hryhorov President said that the bus was hit by the Russian Lancet Lancet at 06:17 local time on Saturday (03:17 GMT). The attack was described as “inhuman”.

On Friday in Istanbul, Türkiye has not led to any boom as Ukraine and Russia are still far from how to end the war.

However, it has been agreed that each side will return 1,000 prisoners of war to the other in the coming days.

“As on any day of this war, there was an opportunity to stop the fire. Ukraine has been offering this for a long time,” Zelinski said of the talks.

In the wake of Istanbul’s discussions, Ukraine repeated its call to a full and unconditional ceasefire, but a deal with Russia remained far -fetched.

Ukraine said that the next step in this process will be direct talks between Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski and Russia Vladimir Putin.

Russia said it “noticed” the request.

The United States has claimed that progress in ending the war will only take place if President Donald Trump and Putin have faced faces.

During a visit to the Middle East, Trump told the Air Force correspondents, “Nothing will happen until Putin and I gather,” Trump told the Air Force correspondents.

Trump added: “He didn’t go if I was not there and I did not think anything would happen, whether you like it or not, until he and I met.”

Russia launched a large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Ukraine Sumi used the attacks in the Russian Corsak region in August. Russia has led the majority of Ukraine forces earlier this year and artillery over the border and air attacks in recent months.

Earlier this week before the start of the talks with Ukraine, Russia carried out drones across the region, killing three people and wounding nine others, according to the regional military administration of Sumi.

On Saturday, according to the beating of Ukrainian drones, the ammunition depot in the Crimea, and the region illegally included Russia in 2014.

According to Reuters, the Ukraine strike caused the bombing of warehouses as military equipment, weapons and fuel were stored.