The strikes – and renewed offer from the Vatican – come hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years that failed to yield a ceasefire.

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

Nine people have been killed in a Russian drone attack on a civilian minibus in north-eastern Ukraine, officials say. Regional military leaders said seven others were also injured in the attack on Saturday morning in Bilopillia as a minibus travelled to Sumy,