Entre 6 000 et 8 000 civils, dont des enfants, sont pris au piège à Olechky, sous occupation russe, près de Kherson, ma ville natale. Les forces russes interdisent l’entrée de nourriture dans la ville depuis des mois. Des personnes mortes de faim seraient déjà retrouvées dans les rues…
L’Holodomor est inscrit dans la mémoire de chaque famille ukrainienne. Voir la faim redevenir une arme paralyse. Une famine organisée, en Europe, au XXIᵉ siècle.
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A city with almost no safe way out. This is the reality today in occupied Oleshky. Ukraine is ready to carry out a humanitarian evacuation of civilians. The ICRC is ready to assist. However, Russia has still not provided the necessary security conditions. People remain effectively trapped, without adequate access to food, drinking water, and medicines, while facing the constant threat of shelling and drone attacks. In desperation, some are trying to escape on their own — even through mined areas. This puts their lives at direct risk. I continue to insist on the immediate humanitarian evacuation of civilians. People must not be held hostage to occupation.