Russia's methodical use of starvation in Oleshky
Residents say no humanitarian aid has arrived since May 26, as Russian forces block deliveries and attack food convoys, leaving thousands without basic supplies.
- Since May 26, 2026, Russian occupation forces have maintained a total blockade on Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, preventing all humanitarian aid from reaching at least 2,000 trapped civilians.
- Russia's deliberate destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in June 2023 severed water, power, and gas supplies; occupation strategies have since systematically denied residents access to food and medical services.
- Residents are hanging signs reading "no food, we're starving too," while a three-liter jar of preserved bread crusts has become, in the words of one resident, worth its "weight in gold."
- Journalist Zarina Zabrisky documented Oleshky serving as a garrison for what she termed a "human safari"—drone attacks launched across the Dnipro River—while Russia refuses to coordinate humanitarian access with the ICRC.
- Under the Fourth Geneva Convention and Rome Statute, Russia's intentional starvation of civilians constitutes a war crime; occupying powers have a positive duty to ensure food and medical supplies to trapped populations.
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There are reports of mass starvation in the occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine. The town is said to be completely isolated from the outside world – but SVT has reached out to several witnesses. – They were lucky the other day and found a mulberry bush with some berries on it, writes a woman whose family remains in the town.
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The Russian occupied city is facing a humanitarian disaster because of a blockade, mines and hunger.
The Russian occupied city is facing a humanitarian disaster because of a blockade, mines and hunger.
Russia's methodical use of starvation in Oleshky
The town of Oleshky and the surrounding district in southern Kherson Oblast in Ukraine are under a total blockade imposed by Russian occupation forces. Since May 26, 2026, no humanitarian aid has reached Oleshky. Residents are hanging signs on their fences reading "no food, we're starving too," emaciated animals have disappeared from the streets, and a three-liter jar of preserved bread crusts has become, in the words of one resident, worth its …
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