At least 7 killed, 85 injured in Russian attacks over previous day

Prefer on Google by Francis Farrell Damaged suffered by the town of Merefa after a Russian missile attack on the morning of May 4, 2026. (Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration / Telegram) Editor's note: This is a developing story, as casualty figures for the attacks on Merefa continue to come in. Russian attacks against Ukraine killed 7 people and injured at least 85 over the past day, regional authorities said on May 4. Ukrainian forces downed 135 out of 155 drones, including Shahed-type attack drones, launched by Russia overnight, the Air Force reported . 14 strikes were recorded in ten different locations, according to the statement. On the morning of May 4, Russian forces struck the town of Merefa in Kharkiv Oblast with missiles, killing at least four people and injuring another 18, regional governoer Oleh Syniehubov reported. An further five people were injured over the previous day, Syniehubov said. One person was killed and 12 more injured in Kherson Olast, where Russian forces continue to strike civilians on the Dnipro River bank with drones, artillery, and glide bombs on a daily basis. Several high-rise apartment buildings were damaged in the attacks, said Kherson Oblast governor Oleksandr Prokudin. A total of one person was killed and 27 injured in Russian attacks across Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, with most of them coming from an attack on the regional capital of Dnipro, said governor Oleksandr Hanzha. In front-line Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed in the town of Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka, just north of the embattled city of Kostiantynivka, regional governor Vadym Filashkin said. Four more civilians were wounded throughout the oblast. Eleven people were injured, including two children, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, as Russian forces attacked the regional capital with drones in the evening, said governor Ivan Fedorov. At least seven people were injured in Sumy Oblast, all from Russian drones, as the front line and border areas in the region continue to pose serious dangers for civilians, oblast authorities said. In Chernihiv Oblast, a 30-year-old man was injured by a Russian drone attack on the yard of his home, about ten kilometers from the Russian border, according to oblast governor Viacheslav Chaus.