🧵URGENT. HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN OLESHKY/THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES OF THE KHERSON REGION. I am writing to urgently draw global attention to a severe humanitarian crisis on the Russian-occupied left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region of Ukraine, to seek immediate action
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🚨Thousands of Ukrainian civilians, including children and the elderly, are starving in the Russian-occupied Kherson region, including Oleshky/other settlements. Russia is responsible for this man-made famine. The international community is silent. nitter.cf/ZarinaZabrisky/status/…?
🔴🔴🔴 Zelensky speaks about Russian human safari in Kherson and calls for help with the humanitarian crisis in occupied areas of the Kherson region, including Oleshky and surrounding villages. Evacuation is needed. The international organizations’ support is critical.
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An estimated 5,000–6,000 Ukrainian civilians remain held by the Russian occupational authorities and military. A severe humanitarian crisis: the absence of food deliveries, lack of potable water, medical care, no electricity, gas, or heating. mfa.gov.ua/en/news/zayava-mz…
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Roads are mined and monitored by Russian drones. Civilians targeted by Russian drone operators in human safari tactics. Any movement is restricted. Convoys delivering food and medicine are targeted and destroyed. Evacuation routes are mined. Communications are extremely limited.
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The only escape route is a long journey through Russia and Belarus, exposing Ukrainian civilians to filtration, detention and abuse, but it is blocked at this moment. A burial crisis is in place, with bodies left unattended in public spaces and no functioning morgue facilities.
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Ukrainian social media, particularly Threads, carries multiple pleas from families and residents asking the world to save these civilians, but these voices are not reaching the English-language information space. UN report: ukraine.ohchr.org/en/Despera…
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A US journalist based in Kherson, I document the crisis since Feb 2026. I use testimonies from evacuees and civilians in the occupied areas; data from Ukrainian authorities in exile; Kherson military regional administration data; photos/videos from the Ukrainian military 🔗⬇️
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In April, I presented the concept of a humanitarian green corridor via the Dnipro River in Brussels. In May, I discussed the proposal with Ukraine’s Ombudsman in Kyiv. In July, an EU Parliament petition for international support and urgent evacuation was submitted.
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I have presented my research to the UN and Human Rights Watch; both organizations have investigated the crisis independently and called for urgent international action to establish a humanitarian corridor for civilians trapped on the occupied left bank. hrw.org/news/2026/07/09/ukra…
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I have appealed to EU and US politicians, decision-makers for political support and international monitoring but have received no official replies. Despite all the efforts of Ukrainian diplomats and the Ombudsman's office, Russia has refused all possible evacuation options.
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I urge the EU, US and international partners to: 1. Demand immediate negotiations for a humanitarian corridor 2. Establish and resource international monitoring 3. Elevate the crisis within international diplomatic frameworks nonviolentpeaceforce.org/wp-…
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Deep gratitude to the residents of the occupied territories of the Kherson region who trusted me with their testimonies; to the volunteers; to the Ukrainian defenders, and to the officials, politicians, fellow journalists, editors who listened and helped to share the information.
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Multiple mainstream, well-known international publications consistently refused to publish any information about Oleshky and surrounding areas of the occupied Kherson region, explaining that the deaths by starvation of thousands of civilians were "of no interest.”
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June 17, 2026 – An interview with Mykola Kuleba, a Ukrainian human rights advocate, former Commissioner for Children’s Rights of the President of Ukraine, the founder of Save Ukraine, nitter.cf/ZarinaZabrisky/status/…
🔴 “This is genocide. Russia uses thousands of civilians as a human shield.   I address the decision makers and the whole world: Russia not only kills Ukrainians in Ukraine, but genocide is being committed in the occupied territories.   Save Oleshky!” - @MykolaKuleba
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June 18, 2026 — An interview with Serhiy Kozyr, a member of the Verkhovna Rada nitter.cf/ZarinaZabrisky/status/…
Russian forces use civilians as human shields in Oleshky while conducting human safari in Kherson & Oleshky, hunting civilians with drones. Oleshky is under a drone siege. Serhiy Kozyr, a member of the Verkhovna Rada, explains the humanitarian catastrophe in the Kherson region.
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June 25, 2026 -- Nobel Peace Prize laureate and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, Oleksandra Matviichuk, an interview, nitter.cf/ZarinaZabrisky/status/…
🔴 Nobel Prize winner @avalaina Oleksandra Matciichuk on the humanitarian crisis in Oleshky / surrounding Russian-occupied areas. Thousands without food, under 24/7 drone attacks, used as human shields. Russia ignores international law. Economic sanctions needed.
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June 26, 2026 – The Atlantic Council, a briefing, youtube.com/watch?v=w5nPWvwP…
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Please help to share the information widely to save lives. Many thanks to @KanariFella for indispensable help and support. And to everyone who is here for Ukraine, decency, and humanity. #NAFO #Oleshky #Oleshki #Олешки #Kherson
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FAQs
🔴 KHERSON/OLESHKY: Thanks for covering this subject. Please take your time to do the proper research. Replying to disinformation and requests. 🧵General facts about the Kherson region: two banks of the Dnipro River.
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