A UKRAINIAN drone attack left at least seven people dead and a Russian strike on Odessa killed two people today, officials said, hours after Kiev and Washington signed an agreement granting US access to Ukraine’s mineral resources.

The attack in the partially occupied Kherson region of southern Ukraine, which struck a market in the town of Oleshky, killed seven and wounded more than 20 people, Moscow-appointed governor Vladimir Saldo said.

“At the time of the attack, there were many people in the market,” Mr Saldo wrote on Telegram. After the first wave of strikes, he said, Ukraine sent further drones to “finish off” any survivors.

Meanwhile, a Russian drone strike on the Black Sea port city of Odessa early today killed two people and injured 15 others, Ukrainian emergency services said.

Regional governor Oleh Kiper said that the barrage struck blocks of flats, private homes, a supermarket and a school.

Videos shared by Kiper on Telegram showed a high-rise building with a severely damaged facade, a shattered shopfront and firefighters battling flames.

A drone struck and ignited a fire at a petrol station in the centre of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, according to mayor Ihor Terekhov.

Meanwhile, the US and Ukraine signed an agreement granting US access to Ukraine’s vast mineral resources, finalising a deal months in the making that could enable continued military aid to Kiev amid concerns that US President Donald Trump might scale back support in ongoing peace negotiations with Russia.