# Famine threatens Ukrainian town as Russia delays humanitarian evacuation corridor

https://mins.news/en/item/70245

- DW, 2026-09-23 08:23 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/famine-threatens-the-ukrainian-town-of-oleshky-in-the-southern-kherson-region-as-russia-delays-creating-a-humanitarian-evacuation-corridor/a-79380887?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> Food supplies to Oleshky in Russian-occupied southern Kherson have been cut off since May, while Kyiv’s efforts to arrange a civilian evacuation with Moscow have largely failed. Residents face soaring food prices, mined routes, dwindling medical care and another harsh winter; a local official says the situation has become a famine.

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