Temporarily occupied town of Oleshki in Kherson region remains without food

The situation in temporarily occupied Oleshki, Kherson region, remains critical. There have been no new food supplies to the town since May, and there is currently no possibility of evacuating people.

According to the head of the Oleshki city military administration, Tetyana Hasanenko, there have been no supplies since then. An attempt to deliver food on September 1 ended with the cars coming across a mined road and being forced to turn around. And on the way back, they were attacked by drones.

Food in the town is very expensive – about a thousand Russian rubles are charged for a kilogram of salt, sugar and other goods. At the same time, there are no foods that provide sufficient satiety, in particular potatoes, flour and meat.

“The zucchini are already leaving, because autumn is coming, and people are simply nervous because there is no food. There is nothing to feed the animals,” says Tetyana Hasanenko.

The hospital in the city is running on the remaining fuel for the generator and may stop in the near future. There is also no medicine.

Due to the lack of communication with the city, there are problems not only with supply. People, including the wounded, cannot be taken out of Oleshki. There are also dead people whose bodies remain in the city due to the impossibility of evacuation.

“People are simply staying in the blocked city. No one can leave or enter. Children and the elderly remain in Oleshki. Winter is ahead, and the city is actually cut off from the world. Oleshki was a beautiful European town. Now it is ruins,” – the head of the Oleshkiv city military administration.

The settlements of the Oleshkiv community were occupied by Russian troops on the first day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Due to the explosion of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station by the Russian occupiers on June 6, 2023, Oleshki was also flooded. The Russian army prevented the evacuation of residents and did not stop shelling the city. In the community, the greatest damage and destruction were suffered by settlements located directly on the contact line. The closer the settlement is to the water, the more critical the situation.

From the beginning of February to May 5, 2026, the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights received appeals from residents of the temporarily occupied Oleshki, Kherson region. In particular, people report a critical humanitarian situation. The Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmytro Lubinets noted that the humanitarian catastrophe is a direct consequence of the occupation and complete disregard for human life. The last time products were delivered was on May 26. Then only two cars with a commercial offer reached the city. In June, when trying to enter, the cars were blown up by mines.