Ukrainian foreign minister says Russian-held town is a 'death trap' with starving residents
Sybiha said about 1,700 residents, including 47 children, remain trapped as Russian forces block food, medicine and evacuation routes.
- On Saturday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha declared the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky a "death trap," urging international organizations to secure evacuation corridors for remaining residents.
- Sybiha reported that families survive on leftover vegetables and preserves while the hospital lacks medicine, and dozens of bodies remain unburied because Russians forbid residents from burying the dead.
- The town's population has plummeted from 24,000 to around 1,700, including 47 children, according to Danielle Bell of the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described the situation as "genocide."
- Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged to Pope Leo on Friday to cooperate on delivering supplies, yet local prosecutors reported Russian aerial bombs wounded 40 people in nearby Kherson on Saturday.
- While the Kremlin acknowledged supply problems in September, Ukraine has repeatedly demanded humanitarian access to the east bank of the Dnipro River, stating these appeals remain unanswered.
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One beetroot, five potatoes, an onion, a zucchini, a tomato and some barley: "We are making the last borscht," a resident of Russian-occupied Oleškis wrote from the Kyiv-controlled territory to the administration of this southern Ukrainian city.
The Ukrainian Foreign Minister reported on starving families, running out of medicine and unburied bodies in Russian-occupied Oleski. Kiev is calling for international help to evacuate the population, while Vladimir Putin promised Pope Leo XIV cooperation in delivering vital supplies a day earlier. In our article, we follow the latest news from the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Ukraine has called for international pressure to evacuate civilians from occupied Oleshki after residents were left without regular food and medical supplies. Some 2,000 people, including 35 children, are still trapped there without reliable access to healthcare, electricity, gas and basic services. “Oleshki cannot wait. Every day of delay costs lives,” said Vitaliy Bezgin, Ukraine’s Minister for Municipalities, Territories and Internally Displa…
Ukraine FM says Russian-held town is a 'death trap' with starving residents, Zelensky says genocide
Oleshky had a pre-war population of 24,000 people and is now home to around 1,700 residents, including 47 children, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
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