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Russian Forces Seize Ukrainian Food Aid From Civilians in Temporarily Occupied Oleshky
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Russian forces in temporarily occupied Oleshky are confiscating food dropped by Ukrainian drones for residents, according to Tetiana Hasanenko, chief of the Oleshky Municipal Military Administration, in an interview with Ukrinform published September 30.
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Ukrainian forces have conducted multiple drone deliveries of humanitarian supplies to the trapped civilian population. The most recent operation delivered approximately four tons of food to residents across the city before Russian forces began seizing the aid.
"If you receive food supplies from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, it means you are collaborating with them," Hasanenko stated, describing the confiscation tactic.
Russian occupation authorities treat the town as Russian territory and characterize residents receiving non-Russian food as having violated Russian law and engaged in support for Ukraine's military.
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Beyond confiscations, Russian forces continue to detain and abduct residents.
Hasanenko described the practice as ongoing: "People are taken, families disappear without a trace. We don't know where they are—they take them to the basement, and that's it. Whether they're alive or not, we don't know."
Russian forces have systematized the blockade of Oleshky since early 2024, with civilians facing severe shortages of food, water, medicine, electricity, and gas.
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine reported in June that no official food deliveries had reached the city since late May.
Ukrainian drone operations represent one of the few channels through which humanitarian aid now reaches the roughly 2,000 remaining residents, down from a pre-war population exceeding 24,000.
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