Ukraine brought the situation in Oleshky before the UN General Assembly for discussion
Ukraine will raise the issue of the humanitarian catastrophe in the occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region during a high-level segment of the UN General Assembly in New York. This was announced by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga. Ukrainian diplomats have already been instructed to mobilize international pressure to establish a humanitarian corridor, deliver food and medicine, and evacuate the civilian population.
Currently, approximately 2,000 people remain in the town—where about 24,000 people lived before the full-scale invasion—including about 50 children. Oleshky has no electricity or gas supply, and over the past month, Russia has completely blocked the delivery of food and essential supplies. In addition, Russian FPV drones are deliberately targeting civilians on the streets.
Ukraine is working to organize the evacuation of civilians and enlist the assistance of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which Sybiga plans to discuss in detail with ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric. The only obstacle to the delivery of aid and the evacuation of people remains Russia, which denies access to humanitarian missions and fires on volunteer transport. According to the minister, Russia must be held accountable for deliberately causing this catastrophe.
Source: Sibiga on Facebook.
Dmytro Lubinets stated that Russia has not confirmed its readiness to evacuate people from the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region. According to him, the town has turned into a “death trap” for local residents.
The situation at the hospital in the temporarily occupied town of Oleshky in the Kherson region is critical. Only four staff members remain on duty at the medical facility, which has left it on the brink of collapse.
