Russian strikes killed 10 civilians in Ukraine on May 6

Russian shelling on May 6, 2026, killed 10 civilians and injured at least 52 others. Fatalities were reported in the Sumy, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, while various injuries were recorded in the Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions, according to the National Police of Ukraine. 

Site of a Russian strike in the Sumy Oblast

The victims of the Russian strikes on May 6 include:

• Five people in the Sumy Oblast, including a passenger in a car targeted by a Russian drone;
• Two people in Zaporizhzhia, who were killed in drone and aerial bomb attacks;
• Three people in the Donetsk Oblast were killed by Russian drone strikes.

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At least 12 civilians were also injured due to Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia, Marivka, Vilniansk, Slavne, and Orikhiv. Another 11 people were wounded in the Sumy Oblast, where Russia targeted a medical facility, a kindergarten, and residential buildings.

In the Kharkiv Oblast, eight people sustained injuries from Russian shelling, including three from the village of Pysarivka, where a Russian drone struck a car and a house.

Six casualties each were reported yesterday in the Donetsk and Kherson regions, which were hit by artillery, guided aerial bombs, and various types of drones. In the Kherson Oblast, the daily report also included six individuals injured in earlier Russian strikes on Kherson and Bilozerka.

A house shelled by Russia in the Kharkiv Oblast

In the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, two adults and a 10-year-old girl were injured in Russian strikes on the Kamianske, Synelnykove, and Nikopol Districts.

To provide background, on May 5, Russia killed 26 civilians in Ukraine, with more than 150 people injured, according to the National Police. ZMINA notes that these casualty data from May 5 are based on the regional reports by the National Police of Ukraine. Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) stated that 28 people were reportedly killed and 194 injured on 5 May alone in a wave of attacks by the Russian Federation, bringing the reported civilian toll across Ukraine since 1 May to at least 70 killed and more than 500 injured. 

Analysts suggest that the high number of casualties may be due to Russia’s tactic of more actively shelling crowds at times when many civilians are engaged in their daily routines.

Meanwhile, Moscow broke the ceasefire that Ukraine had introduced. 

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address that Ukraine proposed a ceasefire to Russia – and this is far from the first such proposal.

“This time, it was a ceasefire starting from May 6. Ukraine was ready to ensure complete silence, but in response to this peaceful proposal of ours, there have only been new Russian strikes and new threats from Russia,” the President of Ukraine stated.

He noted that Russia “wants permission to hold their parade, to come out to the square safely for an hour once a year, and then to go on killing our people and waging war”.

“The Russians are already talking about strikes after May 9. The strange and clearly insane logic of the Russian leadership. We have also received communications from some states close to Russia saying that their representatives intend to be in Moscow. A strange desire… at this time. We don’t recommend it,” the head of Ukrainian state adviced. 

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