One of Russia's largest oil terminals halted operations on Saturday following an attack by sea drones, hours before Ukrainian negotiators were headed to the United States for talks on ending the war.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), a group that includes US oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil and which owns the terminal, called the strike a "terrorist attack".

Ukraine, which did not comment on the incident, has sought to punch back against its neighbour as the war grinds through its fourth year.

The attack came as Moscow's forces fired a deadly storm of drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing three people and damaging buildings across Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

"As a result of a targeted terrorist attack by unmanned boats at 4:06 am Moscow time (0106 GMT) single Moorin

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