Besieged Oleshki: Humanitarian Collapse Under Russian Control
Besieged Oleshki: Humanitarian Collapse Under Russian Control In Russian-occupied Oleshki, a deliberate state policy of siege has cut off access to basic necessities, placing the remaining civilian population at risk of starvation, untreated injury, and death. MeidasTouch Network Mar 26 Guest article by Zarina Zabrisky, Meidas Defense’s Kherson-based correspondent Aerial view of a Oleshki, a city in the Russian-occupied Kherson region. / Photo credit: 34th Marine Brigade Humanitarian Crisis: Hunger and the Siege In January 2026, in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, Alyona’s husband was injured by a Russian drone and briefly admitted to the hospital before being sent home without medication. The facility lacked medical supplies, running water, gas, and electricity, and the generator fuel had run out. Back home, without heat or power, Alyona washed bandages by hand with water melted from snow and boiled the last three potatoes on the fire outdoors. Her phone running low on battery, sh...
