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The Ombudsman also called on the world to save the residents of the city.
The Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinec, responded to a video showing dozens of people walking, riding mopeds and bicycles trying to leave the temporarily occupied Olenivka in Kherson region.
“Without proper transport. Without a safe route. Without any guarantee that they will even reach,” he emphasized.
The Ombudsman stated that residents of Olenivka are forced to choose between stepping on a mine or dying without food, drinking water, and medicine in the city. He called the actions of the Russians in Olenivka a genocide and a gross violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Lubinec noted that the town's residents need a safe corridor to evacuate. He urged the international community to help save the people and reminded that Russia continues to block evacuation.
After the destruction of the Kakhovka reservoir 6 in June 2023 of the year, water flooded many settlements, including Olenivka. About two thousand residents of the occupied city have no access to medical care or food. The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations of Ukraine appealed to the Pope, the UN, and the International Committee of the Red Cross. The Council urged facilitation of evacuees' relocation to Ukrainian-controlled territory. People cannot leave Olenivka due to mined territory and ongoing shelling by the occupiers.
Recently Ukrainian troops, with the help of drones, delivered four thousand kilograms of food to Olenivka. However, the Russians take the food, and people who receive it are “thrown into basements.” The European Commission called on Russia to allow residents to leave the city.
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