The city of Oleshky in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine is facing famine, and its residents are severely suffering from food shortages. According to Tatyana Hasa Neko, the head of the military administration of Oleshky, the last food shipment to this city was sent at the end of May, and the situation is now extremely critical. She says that residents now need to prepare for a harsh winter.
Food Situation of Residents
A man in this city sent a photo of "Oleshky Borscht," a vegetable soup made from leftovers, and says he added barley and two eggs to fill it. He also mentions that his mother turned 2.5 kilograms of sugar into 10 eggs. Hasa Neko says she receives messages like this every day, and people are looking for hope that does not exist.
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Challenges of Daily Life
The residents of Oleshky have become accustomed to living without electricity and gas and must obtain water from wells. One resident named Halina says she hasn't eaten anything yet, and her best option for today is flatbread made from water and flour, topped with apple sauce. She explains that people only go outside between 7 and 9 in the morning to gather in the market square to hear the latest news and trade food from their own supplies or gardens.
Food prices in the market have strangely skyrocketed. A few zucchinis are sold for 1000 rubles (about 10 euros), and a large bag of flour is sold for 200,000 rubles. Halina estimates that the person selling this flour likely intends to leave Oleshky, which is why the price is so high.
Serious Risks and Challenges
Reports indicate that many people have been injured by mines and explosives and are unable to receive medical assistance. Halina says, "If your leg is amputated, you are dead. There is one surgeon in the hospital, but there are no anesthetics or medications available." Conditions for hospitalized patients are also worsening, and meal portions have drastically decreased.
Efforts to evacuate residents of Oleshky began last spring, but no agreement has yet been reached to establish a humanitarian evacuation corridor. Tatyana Hasa Neko emphasizes that the only solution is to create a "green corridor" for evacuation.
Currently, 358 people in Oleshky need immediate evacuation, and this is only the number of individuals who have been identified so far. Ukraine's human rights representative, Dmytro Lubinets, has announced that preliminary agreements have been made between Kyiv and Moscow for the evacuation of residents, but Russia has not yet confirmed its willingness to carry out this evacuation.
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