Nine reported killed in Russian strike on civilian bus in Ukraine

Another seven people are injured in Ukraine's north-eastern Sumy region, local officials say.

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Regional military leaders said seven others were also injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilopillia as a minibus travelled to Sumy, the regional capital close to Russia's border.

The strike occurred just hours after Russia and Ukraine held their first face-to-face talks in more than three years. Little was achieved but a prisoner swap was agreed.

Ukraine president Volodymr Zelensky said the attack on the bus was "a deliberate killing of civilians". Russia has not commented but state media reported that forces had hit a "military staging area" in the Sumy province.

Zelensky said Russian forces "could not help but understand what kind of vehicle they were hitting".