Russian troops enter homes and threaten starving Oleshky residents for food and alcohol, officials say
Residents who escaped the occupied Kherson Oblast city describe threats and abuse by Russian troops amid severe shortages of food, water, and medicine.
Residents fleeing the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast are describing harrowing experiences of being threatened, intimidated, and exploited by Russian soldiers, according to the head of the local military administration. Around 1,500 civilians, including up to 50 children, remain trapped in the city with limited access to food, water, and medicine.
Those who have managed to escape are severely weakened, having lost up to 15 kilograms, and report facing abuse at the hands of Russian troops. Tetiana Hasanenko, the head of the Oleshky City Military Administration, told Ukrinform on September 29 that Russian soldiers are entering residents' homes, demanding food and alcohol, and even threatening to use explosives.
One family's account detailed a soldier locking them in a shower while intoxicated and threatening to throw a grenade. Another woman claimed a soldier threatened to kill her for giving him sour homemade wine. Oleshky has been under Russian occupation since 2022 following Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine.
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