A Russian drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region Saturday, killing nine people, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years that failed to yield a ceasefire.

A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in eastern Ukraine killing nine people and injuring four others, officials said. The attack came just hours after Moscow and Kyiv held their first peace talks in more than three years, which failed to result in a ceasefire.