Hunger Crisis in Oleshky: Residents Survive on Weeds as Food Runs Out

People trapped in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky say they are eating plants to survive as food supplies stop.

A terrible humanitarian crisis is happening right now in Oleshky. This is a city in Ukraine currently held by Russian forces. Reports from major news outlets like The Guardian, BBC, and ABC News paint a desperate picture. People living there are running out of everything. Food and clean water have basically stopped reaching them. Some residents have even been forced to eat garden weeds just to stay alive. Getting help into the city has become almost impossible. A group representing the local Kherson government tried to send four tonnes of food to the area, but the blockade makes it very ha…