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Key updates Russia Launches Overnight Drone and Bomb Attacks Across Ukraine – Kyiv Among Areas Threatened Russian Drone Attack Kills Civilian in Western Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk Budanov Heads to US With Ukrainian Negotiating Team for ‘Important Meetings,’ European Leaders Set to Join Russia launched another wave of aerial attacks overnight Friday, Oct. 9, with drones reported near Kyiv and Odesa and guided aerial bombs launched toward Kharkiv, Donetsk and Sumy regions. Ukrainian authorities issued warnings as the attacks continued. Russia launched another wave of aerial attacks against Ukraine overnight Friday, Oct. 9, sending drones toward the Kyiv region and southern Ukraine while its aircraft launched guided bombs toward eastern regions – extending a deadly assault that President Volodymyr Zelensky said had killed 78 people and injured 215 in recent days. The renewed attacks came hours after a Russian guided bomb struck two passenger buses in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, killing at least 33 civilians and wounding 18 in one of the deadliest attacks on Ukrainian civilians this year. A Russian drone attack on Ivano-Frankivsk late Thursday killed a 67-year-old civilian. Regional authorities reported falling drone debris and a fire, while the city’s mayor confirmed the victim was a security guard. A Russian drone attack on the western Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk late Thursday, Oct. 8, killed a civilian security guard and sparked a fire after drone debris struck a building, local authorities reported. Svitlana Onyshchuk, head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Regional Military Administration, confirmed that the victim was a man born in 1959. Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 8 that he was traveling to the US with Ukraine’s negotiating team for “important meetings.” The delegation is scheduled to meet with senior US special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, who stepped up their efforts to broker an end to Russia’s war in recent months. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, an European team is expected to join later. Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov announced that he is on his way to the US with Ukraine’s negotiating team, where several important meetings are planned. “We cannot discuss everything, but we must remain wise and united and support our own military,” Budanov said in a statement on Thursday, Oct. 8. “Peace is not achieved through loud statements – it requires hard work together,” he continued.