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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha warned that Russian forces are turning Oleshky into a death trap, citing starvation and a lack of medicine. He urged the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other organisations to secure safe evacuation corridors and immediate humanitarian access. The town, once home to twenty‑four thousand people, now houses only one thousand seven hundred residents, including forty‑seven children, according to United Nations monitoring. Sybiha’s remarks came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged, in a conversation with Pope Leo, to cooperate in delivering vital supplies into the town. The Kremlin acknowledged in September that Oleshky faced critical food and medical shortages, while Ukraine’s military has used drones twice to deliver aid. The situation has been described by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy as genocide, and local prosecutors report Russian aerial bombs have struck Kherson, killing an ambulance driver and

By Marcus E. | JQJO News