Dar es Salaam, April 23 -- RUSSIA: Nine people have been killed after a Russian drone hit a bus transporting workers in Ukraine, officials say.

The attack occurred on Wednesday morning in the south-central city of Marhanets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, across the Dnieper river from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.

Regional chief Serhiy Lysak said at least 30 people were injured, adding that “the number of victims is constantly growing”.

The attack comes as talks in London on Wednesday aimed at securing a ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia have been downgraded, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff no longer attending.

Images released by Lysak show the bus with a hol...