A Russian strike against a minibus that transported civilians in northern Ukraine killed nine and four wounds, regional authorities said on Saturday, May 17.
“An enemy drone hit a bus near Bilopillia, killing nine people and hurting four,” said the Military Administration of the Soumy border region on Telegram, publishing photos of a minibus housing on a road.
The vehicle “was heading to Soumy,” said the same source, who had mentioned a cynical attack by the Russians previously on a bus that transported civilians. “
The Soumy region, a Russian border, has faced an increase in Russian bombing since the Ukrainian forces were hunted in March from the Russian region of Koursk, which faced and from which they have occupied a small part since the summer of 2024.
There is still no fire on fire
He met on Friday in Istanbul for his first peace conversations since the spring of 2022, the Russians and the Ukrainians agreed an important exchange of prisoners, “at a rate of 1,000 against 1,000” according to the Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinski.
But the meeting ended without announcing the high fire, but the “priority” shown by Kyiv and its allies. The two camps now must “detail” their vision of such truce, said Vladimir Medinski during a brief speech before the press.
The head of the Ukrainian delegation, Roustem Oumerov, and Vladimir Medinski said the Ukrainian party also mentioned a possible meeting between the presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, which would be the first since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the Russian negotiator indicating that Moscow had “taken note of this request.” “
Source: BFM TV
