A Russian drone attack on a bus in northeastern Ukraine killed at least nine people and injured seven others, Ukrainian officials said Saturday, just hours after the two countries met for the first direct peace talk in three years.

Nine civilians were killed and seven injured early Saturday when a Russian drone hit a minibus evacuating residents in the Sumy region, in northeastern Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said, less than a day after the first face-to-face negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv since early 2022.

A Russian drone has struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region, killing nine people and injuring seven others.