Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on the international community to address the humanitarian crisis in occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called on the international community to address the humanitarian crisis in occupied Oleshky on September 30.

Russian occupiers are confiscating food parcels dropped using drones by the Ukrainian military for local residents in Oleshky.

Russian forces ask residents where they got non-Russian items and accuse them of collaborating with Ukraine.

At Ukraine’s request, the OSCE called on Russia to give international organizations access to Oleshky, supply residents with food and medicine, and allow them to leave the city safely.

Russian military personnel were seizing food that Ukrainian forces had dropped for local residents in Oleshky.

The most recent delivery had been the largest, amounting to four tons.

The Russians had been taking the food away from people.

Twelve people reached Ukraine-controlled territory from the Russian-occupied front-line city of Oleshky in September.

Russia is preparing to stage dozens of videos in occupied Oleshky, forcing local residents to say on camera that they are happy, well-fed, and grateful to the Russian occupiers.

At the end of September 2026, drones were used to deliver around 4,000 kg of food to 100 locations across the town.