Coverage dated May 16, 2025

Nine killed in Russian drone attack on Ukraine after talks

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A Russian drone attack on a minibus carrying civilians killed nine people on Saturday, authorities said, a day after Moscow and Kyiv agreed a large-scale

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  1. NBC News

    A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people, officials say (opens NBC News)

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    A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said.

  2. Digital Journal

    Nine killed in Russian drone attack on Ukraine after talks (opens Digital Journal)

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    A Russian drone attack on a minibus carrying civilians killed nine people on Saturday, authorities said, a day after Moscow and Kyiv agreed a large-scale

  3. Breitbart News

    Russian Drone Strike in Northeastern Ukraine Kills Nine, Officials Say (opens Breitbart News)

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    A Russian drone on Saturday hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in the Sumy region of Ukraine, Kyiv officials said.

  4. Washington Examiner

    A Russian drone strike in northeastern Ukraine kills 9 people (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Seven people were also injured in the attack in Bilopillia, a town around 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Russia’s border, three of them seriously.

  5. ABC 7 San Francisco

    9 killed in Russian drone attack on Ukrainian bus after peace talks (opens ABC 7 San Francisco)

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    After Russia-Ukraine peace talks, a Russian drone hit a civilian minibus in Bilopillia, Ukraine Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others

  6. Al Jazeera

    Ukraine says Russian drone attack on bus kills 9, hours after direct talks (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The drone strike in the Sumy region amounts to ‘a cynical war crime’, Ukraine’s National Police say.

  7. Fox News

    Russian drone strike in Ukraine kills 9, injures 4 after peace talks, officials say (opens Fox News)

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    A Russian drone strike hit a passenger bus in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others.

  8. New York Post

    9 Ukrainian civilians killed in brutal Russian drone attack following failed cease-fire talks (opens New York Post)

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    Nine Ukrainians fleeing heavy Russian shelling near the frontline were killed in a drone strike early Saturday, just hours after truce talks between the warring countries failed to yield a cease-fire.

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