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By Svitlana Vlasova, Lauren Kent, Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko, Mitchell McCluskey

(CNN) — Russia launched its largest drone and missile salvo on Ukraine in more than a month, Ukrainian authorities said Thursday, as Moscow accused Kyiv of not being interested in a “sustainable, fair and long-term settlement.”

Nine civilians were killed in the strikes as well as in shelling in eastern Ukraine, officials said. The attacks come just days after US President Donald Trump held a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska, followed by a White House summit with Zelensky and European leaders, in pursuit of an end to the conflict.

But since then, there have been few signs of tangible progress. Russia’s foreign minister poured cold

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