Oleschky in Ukraine: "Real hunger is now beginning there"

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In the Ukrainian front-line town of Oleschky, occupied by Russian forces, the humanitarian situation has been worsening for months. According to Tagesschau reporter F. Kellermann reporting from the region, people there have been living since May exclusively on their stored supplies and what they harvested in summer. Hunger is increasing daily – and escape from the town is nearly impossible for most, because the surrounding area is mined.

Dependent on supplies and summer harvest since May

According to Kellermann, the regular supply of the population in Oleschky has largely been at a standstill since spring. What families still have today comes from stored reserves and last summer's harvest. With each week without new deliveries, this foundation continues to shrink – the situation, according to the report, becomes more serious from day to day.

Mined escape routes make getting out almost impossible

Anyone wanting to flee Oleschky faces an additional danger, according to Kellermann: the surrounding area of the front-line town is mined. Only a few residents manage to set out despite this. This leaves most people in the occupied city with virtually no way out of the worsening supply crisis.

What is known so far about the situation

The headline of the Tagesschau report sums up the development in one sentence: "Real hunger is now beginning there." Independent information from Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine is scarce – reports like Kellermann's are therefore among the few current insights into the situation of the local population.