Feb. 17 (UPI) -- A third round of U.S.-brokered peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were due to get underway in Switzerland on Tuesday with low expectations of any meaningful progress amid ongoing Russian strikes and Ukrainian counter-strikes.
Overnight, at least three people were killed and nine injured in Ukraine after a major aerial assault by Russian forces with 400 drones and 30 missiles targeting 12 regions, including Odessa where power infrastructure sustained "incredibly serious" damage that would take months to repair.
Moscow said Ukraine launched 150 drones against targets in Russia, setting an oil refinery ablaze.
Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said Russia's strikes were a demonstration of the "extent to which Russia disregards peace efforts."
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