Russian drones targeted Odesa and Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday, a day before Ukrainian, British, French and US officials meet for peace talks in London. The Kremlin has said Russia will consider a

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as a "deliberate war crime". Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The attacks took place ahead of an expected meeting between Ukrainian, British, French and US officials in London on Wednesday to discuss the war.

A Russian drone has hit a bus carrying workers in the Ukrainian city of Marhanets, killing nine people in a wave of attacks that targeted civilian infrastructure in east, south and central Ukraine, officials said.

Russian forces launched a mass overnight drone attack on Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, wounding three people and damaging many apartments, local officials said early on Tuesday.

Video. A Russian drone strike injured three in Odesa, damaging civilian infrastructure. Over the past day, Russia conducted 109 airstrikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements.

Russia may be testing new long-range drone tactics and upgraded attack drones in strikes on Ukraine, analysts say, following a coordinated assault on the southern city of Odesa over the weekend. Read also: Russia ramps up Shahed drone production,

Russian drones battered the Ukrainian port city of Odesa in a nighttime attack, local authorities said on Tuesday, less than 24 hours after a purported Easter ceasefire unilaterally declared by Moscow ended and just over a day before Ukrainian,