Lubinec announced that an evacuation from the occupied town of Oleshky is imminent

In the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region, the situation has reached the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. 

Local residents are suffering from a lack of food and medicine, and their lives are constantly at risk.

Dmytro Lubinets, the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights, stated that people in the city are effectively dying due to critical conditions.

According to him, Ukraine is in the final stages of preparing to evacuate citizens in need of assistance. This involves thousands of civilians, including children.

Lubinec added that the Ukrainian side is continuing daily, complex negotiations with Russia regarding the evacuation. Meanwhile, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are helping local residents survive.

Source: Dmytro Lubinets, interview with RBC-Ukraine.

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