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| Nine killed in Russian attack on bus in Ukraine | Nine killed in Russian attack on bus in Ukraine |
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| Nine people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a bus transporting workers in Ukraine, officials say. | Nine people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a bus transporting workers in Ukraine, officials say. |
| The attack occurred on Wednesday morning in the south-central city of Marhanets. | The attack occurred on Wednesday morning in the south-central city of Marhanets. |
| Serhiy Lysak, regional chief of Dnipropetrovsk, said at least 30 people were injured, adding that "the number of victims is constantly growing". | Serhiy Lysak, regional chief of Dnipropetrovsk, said at least 30 people were injured, adding that "the number of victims is constantly growing". |
| The attack comes as talks in London on Wednesday aimed at securing a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia have been downgraded, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff no longer attending. | |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin had declared a 30-hour ceasefire for Easter Sunday. Ukraine had said it would mirror Russia's actions. Each side accused the other of breaking the truce. | Russian President Vladimir Putin had declared a 30-hour ceasefire for Easter Sunday. Ukraine had said it would mirror Russia's actions. Each side accused the other of breaking the truce. |
| Last month, Moscow came up with a long list of conditions in response to a full ceasefire that had been agreed by the US and Ukraine. | Last month, Moscow came up with a long list of conditions in response to a full ceasefire that had been agreed by the US and Ukraine. |
| The US has been holding talks with Russia and separately with Ukrainian and European officials to broker a truce. | The US has been holding talks with Russia and separately with Ukrainian and European officials to broker a truce. |
| Senior officials from the UK, France, Germany, the US and Ukraine are meeting in London, but the talks will not include foreign ministers. | |
| Trump's Ukraine envoy, Gen Keith Kellogg, is attending instead of Rubio and Witkoff, while UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy will be hosting a bilateral meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart. | |
| Witkoff, a property mogul and Donald Trump's special envoy, has acted as a conduit between the White House and the Kremlin in recent months. | |
| He is set to return to Moscow this week for another meeting with Putin. | |
| It comes after reports the US is considering proposing to recognise Crimea as Russian territory as a means to bring an end to fighting, which has been ruled out by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. | |
| Crimea, internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, has been under Russian occupation since 2014. | |
| Donald Trump has also recently said the US will walk away from brokering further Russia-Ukraine talks if Moscow or Kyiv "make it very difficult" to reach a peace deal. | |
| Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. It is estimated that hundreds of thousands of people have been killed or injured on all sides since then. |