A Russian drone killed a family of three in southern Ukraine, triggering uproar in Kyiv 48 hours before both countries hold talks with the US on halting the three-year war. Russian and Ukrainian delegations will hold separate negotiations with United States officials in Saudi Arabia on Monday, with a senior Ukrainian official telling AFP it hopes to secure “at least” a partial ceasefire to stop air and naval attacks. Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected a joint US-Ukrainian offer of a complete and unconditional ceasefire, proposing to stop attacks on energy sites and saying he had given the “corresponding order” to his army.
