Russian attack on bus in Sumy: Nine dead, reports Ukraine
Russian attack on bus in Sumy: Nine dead, reports Ukraine
A Russian drone attack on a bus in the northeast of Ukraine killed at least nine people on Saturday and injured seven more, reported Ukrainian officials. This happened just a few hours after the first direct peace discussion between the two countries for three years.
continued attacks after peace talks
While the two sides discussed a possible meeting between the leaders' leaders, an armistice and an exchange of prisoners, there was no significant breakthrough, and since then the Russian air strikes continued.
drone attack in the city of Bilopillia
The drone attack occurred on Saturday morning in the city of Bilopillia in the Sumy region, said local authorities. Oleh Hrihorov, head of Sumy's military administration, reported that seven people were injured, three of them in critical condition.
Russia is accused of attacking civil goals
"This is not just a further bombardment - it is a cynical war crime," said the National Police of Ukraine via Telegram. Police and local authorities pointed out that Russia had hit a civilian goal.
reactions to the attack
So far,Moscow has not responded to the Ukrainian claims that a civilian bus has been hit. However, the Russian news agency TASS reported at the same time, citing a statement by the Ministry of Defense that Russian armed forces had attacked a Ukrainian equipment depot in the Sumy region.
mutual allegations and civilian victims
Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of targeting civilians, which both sides deny.
shocking pictures and other losses
A picture that was shared by the Ukraine national police showed a badly damaged van with huge holes on the right and upper side of the back seat. The windows and the windshield were broken.
A total of at least 13 people have been killed in Russian attacks in Russian attacks in the last 24 hours, including over 38, including the attack in Sumy. Two people were killed in the Donetsk region, and a fatalities were added in the Charkiw and Cherson regions.
First peace talks since the start of the war
The talks on Friday marked the first personal meeting between the two sides since the early weeks of the war. However, the meeting, which took place in Istanbul under the chair of Türkiye, was not visited by the Russian President Vladimir Putin, who originally proposed the talks, but sent a junior delegation. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj also stayed away because he had declared that he would not meet any other Russian official representative except Putin.
Russian demands and international reactions
During the talks, Russia demanded that Ukraine have to cede areas that are still under the control of Kiev. A source trusted with the negotiations reported CNN that Ukraine has been rejecting this position for a long time. The leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Poland described the Russian demands in the conversations as "unacceptable".
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