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In the Oleshki occupied by Russians, people are already forced to eat weeds from gardens because food is still not being delivered, and the vegetable season has ended. This is stated in a BBC article, whose journalists recorded testimonies from residents of the ruined city.
People say they are trapped because the occupiers do not allow evacuation and continue to shell the city. There is no electricity, stores are not functioning, food and medicines are not delivered. Only to the city's single hospital, several times a week, doctors who remained in the city come to provide assistance. But in conditions of medicine shortages they cannot treat the sick, and thus for war injuries they have to amputate the injured limb.
As local residents who occasionally connect to the network told journalists, people there continue to die. A drone strike by Russian troops is a common cause of death. Thus a man and his wife, who managed to travel to a neighboring city Radensk to buy food — 23 km from Oleshky — died after not returning home before curfew and were killed by a drone. At the same time, there are difficulties with burying bodies, since the occupiers require additional documents and examinations.
It is noted that earlier more people risked moving along mined roads. But now this is considered too dangerous, and such people are becoming fewer.
Hunger is mounting in the city. One resident told journalists that she eats once a day. Mostly her meals consist of simple homemade bread with a tomato or honey. Residents share recipes for preparing herbs that are considered weeds — they are trying to stretch the supply of cultivated vegetables. They cook in yards, since there is no electricity, water, or gas there since the destruction of the Kakhovka dam by the occupiers.
Situation in Oleshky — more news
Recall that, according to estimates of the ombudsperson Dmytro Lubinets, in Oleshky there remain 6000 people, including 200 children. Before Russia's full-scale invasion, there lived 24 000 people.
We add that the humanitarian situation in the city is rapidly deteriorating. At the same time, contact with the people is extremely limited — Ukrainian operators do not work there, and the Internet is only in certain areas. In addition, residents have great difficulty charging mobile phones. This is possible only for those who have solar panels or access to generators.
Ukraine is cooperating with international organizations to organize the evacuation of those residents who survived. But the Russians refuse a humanitarian corridor and a ceasefire. Independent evacuations in conditions where roads are mined and Russians can strike with drones at any moment are almost impossible.
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