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In the occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region, hunger continues due to the full blockade by Russian troops and the disruption of food supplies. About 6 thousand civilians remain in the city, forced to eat weeds from gardens and live without electricity, water, or medicine.
DETAILS about the situation in the city are reported by BBC.
How are people surviving in Oleshky?
The last food deliveries to the city took place in May 2026, and with the end of the summer vegetable season, local residents lost their last source of subsistence.
Due to the lack of gas, electricity, and potable water, people are cooking food right in the courtyards of their own houses.
People are cooking food right on the street / Ksenia Arkhipova
Local residents discuss in special Messenger groups recipes for preparing wild herbs and weeds, trying to stretch the minimal remaining supplies. All shops and pharmacies in the city have closed, and the civilian population is deprived of access to clothing and hygiene products.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian telecommunications operators in the region are not functioning, and charging phones is possible only for those who have generators or solar panels.
Drone attacks and medical collapse
The only hospital in Oleshky operates only a few days a week, and due to a shortage of medicines, doctors are able to perform only amputations of limbs in cases of mine-and-explosion injuries. Russian troops are deliberately targeting civilians with drones as they try to reach neighboring settlements for food.
In particular, near the city, a couple returning with a bag of groceries from neighboring Radensk within 23 kilometers of home was killed by a drone strike. However, moving along mined routes has now become too dangerous, so most residents find themselves in an absolute trap.
Moreover, the occupation administration forbids burying dead civilians without forensic examination by Russian doctors, which is impossible under local conditions. Volunteers say bodies of the dead remain on streets or in morgues without power for months.
What is happening at the front near Oleshky: see the DeepState map
What are they saying on the international stage?
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly, urged the international community to pressure Russia to grant a humanitarian corridor.
As already reported on our site, the occupiers previously disrupted the evacuation of civilians from Oleshky, despite agreed lists and readiness of the International Committee of the Red Cross to join the process. Facing a dead end, Ukrainians dared to cross mined fields on their own to break the blockade.
We also wrote that Russian troops are using the civilian population of Oleshky as a human shield and a springboard for systematic attacks on Kherson.
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