'Get Killed Or Starve': Life Under Russian Occupation In Oleshky
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Starving residents of Oleshky must not become props in Russian propaganda
For months, desperate civilians remaining in the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky have been blockaded inside, as Russia severed food and medicine supplies to the city amid constant shelling, food shop closures, and reports of looting; many of the city's elderly and less mobile residents have been forced to forage for weeds and eat grass in order to simply survive. Oleshky is starving. The stories of the residents have been well documented. Now…
The famine in Oleshky has come to such an extent that many of those remaining in Russia's occupied Ukrainian city have gone on to cook plants from the backyard to survive, according to reports to the British BBC network. Isolated between the Dnipro River and the Russian lines, the city has been without electricity, gas and water for three years, and the exit roads have been mined and are the target of drones. The cease-fire that came into effect…
'Get Killed Or Starve': Life Under Russian Occupation In Oleshky
Residents fleeing Russian-occupied Oleshky describe hunger, soaring food prices, and threats from Russian soldiers. Cut off from supplies, civilians risk mines and drone attacks to escape. Now, a proposed cease-fire could open a humanitarian corridor for those still trapped in the Ukrainian city.
This municipality near Kherson, south of Ukraine, occupied by Russia, awaits a humanitarian operation scheduled for 29 October after months of shortages. Those who have already managed to leave tell of a reclusive life and a perilous flight.
Their daily allowance was just a cup of rice or buckwheat, sometimes enriched with a cucumber or tomato and purslane. That's why they made the decision to flee Oleshki. Do they believe in the ceasefire announced there?
A local ceasefire has been in effect in one of Europe's most impoverished towns, Olešky, Ukraine, which is currently occupied by the Russian army. Hungry people are anxiously waiting for mines to be removed from the only route to safety and food.
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