Drone strikes kill 2 in Ukraine and Russia ahead of US-brokered peace talks in Geneva

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Drone strikes killed 1 idiosyncratic successful Ukraine and different successful Russia, officials said Saturday, up of caller talks adjacent week aimed astatine ending the war.

An aged pistillate died erstwhile a Russian drone deed a residential gathering successful the Black Sea larboard metropolis of Odesa, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.

In Russia, a civilian was killed successful a Ukrainian drone onslaught connected a car successful the borderline portion of Bryansk, determination Gov. Alexander Bogomaz said.

The attacks came a time aft a Ukrainian rocket onslaught connected the Russian borderline metropolis of Belgorod killed 2 radical and wounded five, according to determination Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov.

Meanwhile, different circular of U.S.-brokered talks betwixt envoys from Russia and Ukraine volition instrumentality spot adjacent week successful Geneva, days up of the 4th day of the all-out Russian penetration of its neighbor, officials successful Moscow and Kyiv said connected Friday.

The discussions volition beryllium held connected Tuesday and Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said successful a connection carried by Russian quality agencies.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s communications adviser, Dmytro Lytvyn, confirmed the caller circular of negotiations.

The talks instrumentality spot against a backdrop of continued warring on the astir 1,250-kilometer (750-mile) beforehand line, relentless Russian bombardment of civilian areas of Ukraine and the country’s powerfulness grid, and Kyiv’s astir regular long-range drone attacks connected war-related assets connected Russian soil.

Previous U.S.-led efforts to find statement connected ending the war, astir precocious 2 rounds of talks successful Abu Dhabi, the superior of the United Arab Emirates, person failed to resoluteness hard issues, specified arsenic the aboriginal of Ukraine’s Donbas concern heartland that is mostly occupied by Russian forces.

Zelenskyy said past week that the United States has fixed Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to scope a deal. Previous deadlines fixed by U.S. President Donald Trump person passed mostly without consequence.

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