Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for tougher sanctions on Moscow after a Russian drone killed nine bus passengers, just hours after the two countries held their first direct peace talks in years.

Seven others were injured in the attack in Bilopillia in Ukraine’s northeastern region of Sumy, Zelenskyy said in a post on X on Saturday.

“All the deceased were civilians,” Zelenskyy said, adding that preliminary reports indicated a father, mother and daughter had been killed. “And the Russians could not have failed to understand what kind of vehicle they were targeting. This was a deliberate killing of civilians.”

  • D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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    9 hours ago

    All the more reason to move forward with peace talks, right?

    The longer shit goes on, the most desperate things get, the more accidental and intention targeting of civilians becomes for both countries.

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      7 hours ago

      I don’t think that “if you don’t agree to our demands we are going to bomb civilians” is a great negotiating tactic.

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        7 hours ago

        So… what you’re saying is, during an actual ongoing war, any civilian causalities should be used as a pretext to continue the war that is resulting in civilian causalities?

        Makes perfect sense.