Russian drone strike in north-eastern Ukraine kills nine, officials say

In this photo provided by Ukraine's 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a local resident looks at a burnt car with a charred body of a 55-year-old driver inside on a public transport stop after Russia's drone attack in the center of Kostyantynivka, 

Nine people have died and four others were injured after a Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region.

The attack came just hours after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct peace talks in years which failed to yield a ceasefire.