Nine killed in Russian attack on civilian bus, Ukraine’s military says | World News

A Russian attack on a civilian bus in Ukraine’s northeast Sumy region has killed nine people and injured four others, the Ukrainian military has said.

“Medics and rescuers have been urgently sent to the scene,” Ihor Tkachenko, head of Sumy’s military administration, said on Telegram.

There was no immediate comment from Moscow.

The attack comes hours after Russia and Ukraine held their first direct peace talks in three years.

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