“They eat grass and weeds”: Sibiga reported hunger in the occupied Holykhky

“They eat grass and weeds”: Sibiga reported hunger in the occupied Holykhky

People in the occupied, Russian-occupied Holykhky are starving and forced to survive on grass and weeds. The international community must intervene immediately.

This is evidenced by the statement of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga.

“People in the temporary occupied Holykhky are starving. There is almost nothing to eat left. According to available reports, civilians are forced to survive by eating grass and weeds, while medicines, clean water, electricity, and medical assistance are becoming increasingly inaccessible. Under these conditions, children have also found themselves,” Sibiga stressed.

He noted that these sufferings have a clear cause and a clear culprit. Russia caused this catastrophe in Holykhky through its illegal occupation and bears full responsibility for this humanitarian catastrophe, all its consequences, and the deaths of innocent civilians.

According to the minister, the international community must mobilize all available tools to reach people in Holykhky, deliver humanitarian aid, and ensure the safe evacuation of those who wish to leave.

The UN, the ICRC, and other international players should use their mandates and channels to ensure immediate and unobstructed humanitarian access.

“People there cannot survive on mere statements of concern. Humanitarian access and safe evacuation must become a reality, because every day matters,” the Foreign Minister emphasized.