Ukraine’s military has again used drones to deliver food and medicines to the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Sunday.
– Oleshky, a frontline town on the Dnipro River, which separates Russian and Ukrainian forces, has been under Russian occupation since 2022.
– “For months, Russia has been trying to isolate Ukrainians in Oleshky from the outside world, even obstructing the delivery of food to people facing severe shortages,” Sybiha said on X.
– Ukraine used heavy-lift drones to deliver food and medicines to Oleshky at the end of September.
– Sybiha said that the latest delivery consisted of nearly 400 packages containing almost 4 metric tons of food and medicine.
– Ukrainian human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets told Ukrainian media last month that Russia had not agreed to Ukrainian proposals to allow civilians to evacuate from Oleshky.
– The Kremlin said that Oleshky had critical problems with food and medicine supplies, but that Russia’s military was working to resolve them.