India, Dec. 21 -- A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine's emergency service said on Saturday.

The discussions are part of the Trump administration's monthslong push for peace that also included meetings with Ukrainian and European officials in Berlin earlier this week.

Ukraine's chief negotiator said late Friday that his delegation had completed separate meetings in the US with American and European partners. Meanwhile, European Union leaders agreed on Friday to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years.

Some of those wounded in Odesa were on a bus at the centre of the strike late Frida...