Nine fatalities reported as Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes ahead of crucial diplomatic talks in Paris on the ongoing conflict.

Nine fatalities reported as Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes ahead of crucial diplomatic talks in Paris on the ongoing conflict.

Russia fired a wave of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, killing four people, while Ukrainian strikes on Russia and Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine killed five, officials said.

A six-month-old baby in Russia ⁠died after debris from a drone fell on a building in the Moscow region today, while a man was also killed overnight ⁠by a Ukrainian drone ⁠attack in Russia's Belgorod region authorities said.