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Hunger in Oleshky: About 2,000 people cut off from supplies since may in Russian-occupied city

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Residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast say food deliveries have been blocked since May 26, roads are mined, and evacuation is nearly impossible, according to reporting by the Polish-Ukrainian outlet Sestry. The United Nations has confirmed shortages of food and medical care among roughly 2,000 trapped civilians, while Russia has not agreed to a humanitarian corridor.

Residents describe surviving on zucchini, jam, and small daily rations of buckwheat, with some families expecting supplies to run out by month's end. The city's hospital is reportedly shutting down for lack of medicine and generator fuel, and volunteers say a vehicle attempting to deliver food was attacked by drones.

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