Ukraine to urge UN to take action over hunger in Russian-occupied Oleshky
- The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations appealed to Pope Leo XIV and international leaders to prevent mass starvation in Russian-occupied Oleshky, warning the city faces a complete military blockade and humanitarian catastrophe.
- According to council estimates, more than 6,000 residents, including approximately 200 children, remain trapped in Oleshky, with no confirmed humanitarian food deliveries reaching the settlement since late May 2026.
- Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha intends to raise the crisis before the UN General Assembly, reporting residents "were dying from hunger and cold" and stating "the occupiers are not allowing humanitarian aid through."
- The Kremlin said on Monday that Oleshky has critical problems with food and medicine supplies, though officials claimed the Russian military is working to resolve these issues in the occupied Kherson region.
- Although Oleshky sits only four kilometers across the Dnipro River from liberated Kherson, destroyed bridges, intense frontline combat, and dense minefields prevent residents from crossing to safety or receiving outside aid.
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Tetiana Hasanenko, head of the military administration of the Russian-occupied Oleškis municipality, stated in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency published on Wednesday that Russian soldiers stationed in the city are confiscating food dropped by Ukrainian drones on starving residents.
The humanitarian situation in the Russian-occupied city of Olezhky is getting worse. People are threatening to starve in winter.
Residents of occupied Ukrainian town face starvation
In Olechky, a Ukrainian town occupied by the Russians, residents are facing starvation witnesses describe a ghost town – with no food and no electricity. With supplies running out, Ukrainian forces have been dropping food supplies by drone.
The witnesses that franceinfo was able to reach describe a dead city, without food and electricity, while everything was lacking, Ukrainian forces launched food by drones.
Calls to the international community are increasing to help the inhabitants of Olechky, a city in the southern part of the country occupied by the Russian army, where some 2,000 people are trapped, according to the Ukrainian authorities. While food and medicine are sorely lacking, the Ukrainian army has reportedly managed to deliver food with drones during the weekend of 26 and 27 September. Kiev, which accuses Moscow of blocking the delivery of…
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