Ukrainian Churches Urge Pope to Intervene Over Oleshky Starvation
- The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations urged Pope Leo XIV and international groups to help prevent starvation in Russian-occupied Oleshky.
- The council said more than 6,000 people, including about 200 children, remain trapped amid shortages of food, water, medicine, electricity, and heating.
- The council asked international organizations to arrange humanitarian corridors and evacuations to Ukrainian-controlled territory.
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Milan, 21 Sep. (askanews) - The situation in the Kherson region, under Russian control, is "critical": the spokesman of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov admits, citing problems related to food and medicine supplies. "The Kiev regime is really doing everything to hinder these deliveries," says Peskov, attributing to Ukraine the responsibility for these "problems." Ukrainian officials renewed their appeals to evacuate the population from the area, accusi…
Council of Churches calls on intl organizations to prevent humanitarian catastrophe in Oleshky, Kherson region
The Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (UCCRO), which brings together diverse religious communities, including Orthodox Christians, Roman and Greek Catholics, Protestants, Muslims, and Jews, issues this appeal concerning the humanitarian catastrophe in the city of Oleshky, Kherson region.
The situation in the town of Aleška of Herson province is critical — Kiev has cut off the town from food and medicine, as reported by Russian President Dmitry Peskov's press secretary today, 21 September.
Russian President Dmitry Peskov's spokesman reported on the dire humanitarian situation in the front-line town of Herson province due to the constant attacks by Ukrainian drones. The representative of the Kremlin stressed that Ukrainian troops were deliberately preventing the delivery of vital goods to civilians, transmitting RIA News. "There are indeed problems with the delivery of food, medicine, etc. The Kiev regime is literally doing everyth…
The situation in the Aleškah of the Herson region is indeed critical, there are problems with the delivery of food and medicine to them due to constant drone attacks, said Russian President Dmitry Peskov's press secretary." Yes, there are indeed problems with the delivery of food, medicine and so forth.
Thousands of civilians in the city of Oleşki and neighbouring towns (in the Herson region), under Russian occupation, face a severe shortage of food and medicine: the last confirmed delivery took place on 26 May. UN workers and local officials say that mines and drone attacks have cut the evacuation routes, while Russia has not confirmed the readiness to allow a negotiated humanitarian mission, despite the fact that the Red Cross is ready to int…
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