{"id":1389679,"date":"2026-05-04T12:55:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T09:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-launches-missile-strike-on-merefa-five-people-killed-18-more-civilians-injured\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:22:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T05:22:28","slug":"russia-launches-missile-strike-on-merefa-five-people-killed-18-more-civilians-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-launches-missile-strike-on-merefa-five-people-killed-18-more-civilians-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Missile Strike on Merefa: Civilians Killed, Dozens Wounded in Deadly Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces launched a missile strike on Merefa and attacked the village of Bezlyudivka with drones. The shelling killed 5 people and injured at least 18 others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/synegubov\/21526\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported<\/a> by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov.<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary data, a Russian missile hit the civilian infrastructure of Merefa. Initially, damage to the territory of a service station and the burning of a private house and car were reported. Later, the number of victims began to increase. According to Oleg Synegubov, men aged 50 and 63 and women aged 74, 41, and 52 died as a result of the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis afternoon, the occupiers attacked the civilian infrastructure of a city quite remote from the front with a rocket,\u201d said Oleg Synegubov.<\/p>\n<p>As of the latest data, 18 people are known to have been injured. According to the head of the OVA, 4 people were hospitalized in serious condition, and another 12 people suffered moderate explosive injuries. Doctors recorded an acute stress reaction in 2 of the injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach of them is provided with all necessary medical care,\u201d Oleg Synegubov noted.<\/p>\n<p>The attack in Meref damaged:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>at least 10 households;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>4 stores;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>HUNDRED;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>administrative building;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>2 cars;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>catering establishment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Russian troops also attacked the village of Bezlyudivka with drones. According to preliminary data, the strike was recorded in the area of a private residential building.<\/p>\n<p>In Bezlyudivka, a 48-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction. Later, doctors provided assistance to 2 more people \u2014 a 69-year-old man and a woman, who also suffered an acute stress reaction and did not require hospitalization.<\/p>\n<p>Units of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, law enforcement officers, emergency medical teams, and other specialized services continue to work at the attack sites. The elimination of the attacks&#8217; consequences is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Also, follow <strong>\u201cPryamyi\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces launched a missile strike on Merefa and attacked the village of Bezlyudivka with drones. The shelling killed 5 people and injured at least 18 others. This was reported by the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov. According to preliminary data, a Russian missile hit the civilian infrastructure of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1389671,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1389679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1389679"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389906,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1389679\/revisions\/1389906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1389671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1389679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1389679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}