Death toll from 4 May Russian missile strike on Merefa rises

The death toll from the Russian missile strike on the town of Merefa in Kharkiv Oblast on 4 May has risen to eight.

Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "The number of people killed in the missile strike carried out by the Russians against Merefa on 4 May has increased.

Sadly, a 59-year-old man has died in hospital from his injuries. Doctors did everything possible to save his life, but his injuries were too severe."

Details: Syniehubov also reported that Russian forces had attacked Kharkiv and 15 settlements across the oblast on 6 May.

Eight people were injured as a result of the attacks.

In Kharkiv, two women aged 48 and 52 and two men aged 49 and 56 were injured. In the village of Pysarivka in the Zolochiv hromada, two men aged 49 and 25 and a 48-year-old woman were injured. In the settlement of Slatyne in the Derhachi hromada, a 53-year-old woman was injured. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

The Russians attacked the Novobavarskyi, Saltivskyi and Osnovianskyi districts of Kharkiv.

Russian forces used various types of weaponry: six guided aerial bombs, five Geran-2 drones, one Lancet drone, seven Molniya drones, five FPV drones and 18 UAVs of an unidentified type.

In Kharkiv, eight houses were damaged. Damage was also recorded in the Bohodukhiv, Kupiansk, Izium and Kharkiv districts.

Background:

• On the morning of 4 May, Russian forces launched a missile strike on Merefa.
• As of the evening of 4 May, seven people had been reported killed and 36 others injured.

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