TARASKUZIO

Merefa Artillery Target — 36 Shelling Incidents

Ukraine Controlled Moderate Activity 49.802334°N 36.05785°E

Total Events

75

Artillery

36

UAV Attacks

6

Active Period

Mar 6, 2022 — Nov 10, 2025

Conflict Event Overview

Event Type Count % of Total
explosion Artillery Shelling 36 48%
home Property Damage 23 30.7%
group Civilian Casualties 12 16%
warning IED/Mine Events 7 9.3%
radar Air Defense Actions 7 9.3%
flight_takeoff UAV/Drone Attacks 6 8%
flight Airstrikes 2 2.7%
bolt Raids 1 1.3%
domain Occupation Events 1 1.3%
person_off Military Casualties 1 1.3%

Event Type Distribution

Artillery Shelling 36 Property Damage 23 Civilian Casualties 12 IED/Mine Events 7 Air Defense Actions 7 UAV/Drone Attacks 6 Airstrikes 2 Raids 1 Occupation Events 1 Military Casualties 1

Year-by-Year Conflict Profile

Year Events Artillery Airstrikes UAV Civilian YoY Change
2022 51 30 0 2 5
2023 15 4 1 2 2 -71%
2024 7 2 1 0 3 -53%
2025 2 0 0 2 2 -71%

Documented Conflict Events

Showing 50 most recent individual event records for Merefa.

Date Event Types Reports Allegiance Source
2025-11-10 UAV/Drone AttacksIED/Mine EventsAir Defense ActionsCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage 1 UA liveuamap
2025-11-09 UAV/Drone AttacksIED/Mine EventsAir Defense ActionsCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage 1 UA liveuamap
2024-10-15 Civilian CasualtiesProperty Damage 1 interfaxua
2024-04-05 IED/Mine Events 1 liveuamap
2024-04-05 Artillery ShellingCivilian Casualties 2 RU liveuamap
2024-04-04 IED/Mine Events 1 liveuamap
2024-04-04 IED/Mine Events 2 liveuamap
2024-04-03 Airstrikes 1 RU pravdaua
2024-04-03 Artillery ShellingCivilian CasualtiesProperty Damage 1 interfaxua
2023-05-28 Air Defense Actions 1 liveuamap
2023-05-27 Air Defense Actions 1 UA liveuamap
2023-05-26 AirstrikesUAV/Drone Attacks 1 RU pravdaua
2023-05-26 1 interfaxua
2023-01-10 Artillery Shelling 1 RU liveuamap
2023-01-10 1 liveuamap
2023-01-09 Air Defense Actions 1 UA liveuamap
2023-01-09 Artillery Shelling 1 RU liveuamap
2023-01-08 UAV/Drone AttacksCivilian Casualties 1 unian
2023-01-08 Artillery ShellingCivilian Casualties 2 liveuamap
2023-01-08 2 liveuamap
2023-01-08 Raids 1 UA interfaxua
2023-01-07 2 RU UA liveuamap
2023-01-07 Artillery Shelling 2 liveuamap
2023-01-07 1 UA interfaxua
2022-09-07 1 24tvua
2022-08-17 Artillery Shelling 1 RU liveuamap
2022-08-17 Artillery ShellingAir Defense Actions 1 liveuamap
2022-08-16 Artillery Shelling 1 RU liveuamap
2022-08-16 Artillery Shelling 1 RU liveuamap
2022-08-15 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 RU pravdaua
2022-08-15 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 RU espreso
2022-08-15 1 UA interfaxua
2022-06-10 1 liveuamap
2022-06-09 1 liveuamap
2022-05-30 Artillery ShellingUAV/Drone AttacksProperty Damage 1 RU liveuamap
2022-05-30 IED/Mine Events 1 liveuamap
2022-05-30 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 24tvua
2022-05-29 Artillery ShellingUAV/Drone AttacksProperty Damage 1 RU liveuamap
2022-05-29 Artillery ShellingIED/Mine Events 1 liveuamap
2022-05-29 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 RU 24tvua
2022-05-29 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 24tvua
2022-05-27 1 ria
2022-05-25 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 liveuamap
2022-05-25 1 liveuamap
2022-05-24 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 liveuamap
2022-05-24 1 liveuamap
2022-05-24 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 RU 24tvua
2022-05-19 Artillery Shelling 1 RU liveuamap
2022-05-18 Artillery ShellingProperty Damage 1 RU liveuamap
2022-05-18 Artillery ShellingCivilian Casualties 1 RU liveuamap

Activity Timeline

Monthly Events in Merefa

22 17 11 6 0 2022-03 2023-01 2025-11

Territorial Control History

Current Status: Ukraine Controlled

Merefa has been under Russian control for approximately 0 recorded days since February 2022.

2022-03-01 2026-04-12
Ukraine Russia Contested

Intelligence Sources

News and monitoring sources that reported conflict events in Merefa.

liveuamap
37 (49.3%)
interfaxua
10 (13.3%)
24tvua
10 (13.3%)
pravdaua
5 (6.7%)
nv
4 (5.3%)
espreso
3 (4%)
ria
1 (1.3%)
unian
1 (1.3%)
mz
1 (1.3%)
pravdaua, unian
1 (1.3%)

Force Activity Analysis

Russian-Attributed

25

33.3% of events

Ukrainian-Attributed

9

12% of events

2022-03 2025-11
Russian Forces Ukrainian Forces

Comparative Analysis

vs Kharkiv Average

Metric Merefa Oblast Avg Difference
Total Events 75 481 -406
Artillery Events 36 130 -94
Airstrike Events 2 37 -35
UAV Events 6 25 -19
Civilian Casualties 12 62 -50

Data Source

Location Conflict Data: VIINA Dataset (Georgetown University) — Violent Incident Information from News Articles. Territorial control: ISW + DeepStateMap composite.

Last updated: November 10, 2025

Related Locations in Kharkiv