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Ukraine to take Oleshky humanitarian crisis to U.N. General Assembly – FM Sybiha

Ukraine is bringing the situation in Oleshky and other occupied communities of Kherson Oblast before the U.N. General Assembly, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Facebook on Sept. 20.

20 September, 10:52 PM

Ukraine's Council of Churches asks Pope Leo XIV to help save occupied Oleshky from starvation

The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, which unites various religious communities, appealed to Pope Leo XIV to use every possible means to save residents of Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast from starvation, according to the council's appeal dated Sept. 19.

20 September, 05:43 PM

Russia starving occupied Oleshky near Kherson and blocking residents from leaving

The town of Oleshky in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast is under a humanitarian blockade, with no food deliveries since late May, residents going hungry, and Russian forces preventing people from leaving, the German newspaper Bild reported on Sept. 16.

16 September, 06:45 PM

Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 235, thousands still missing

The death toll from the most powerful earthquakes to strike Venezuela in over a century has risen to 235 people, with at least 4,300 others injured and thousands more missing, AP wrote, citing Health Minister Carlos Alvarado, on June 26.

26 June, 12:45 PM

Kyiv warns of humanitarian crisis under Russian occupation in southern Ukraine

Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry called on the international community to urgently help residents of occupied parts of Kherson Oblast who face a deepening humanitarian crisis caused by Russian occupation.

6 May, 08:22 PM

Klitschko: Kyiv faces humanitarian catastrophe

Russian deliberate attacks on Kyiv’s energy and heating infrastructure are pushing the Ukrainian capital toward a humanitarian catastrophe, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in an interview with The Times published on Jan. 20.

21 January, 10:11 AM

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