Kherson Oblast authorities reveal how many people remain in Oleshky

Around 1,300 people remain in the temporarily occupied city of Oleshky, according to estimates by Kherson Oblast Military Administration.

Source: Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of Kherson Oblast Military Administration, in Ukrainska Pravda's podcast

Details: Prokudin said that around 1,300 people remain in the city.

He added that there are 34 more villages on the left bank of the Dnipro River where the situation is critical.

Quote: "We still have 34 villages in a critical situation, and 58 in a situation of medium severity, all within the 20-kilometre zone on the left bank.

And saying that we need to rescue people from there is an understatement. The situation there is really the same."

Details: Prokudin added that these settlements have problems with electricity, gas, water and food deliveries.

He also said that humanitarian aid has not reached the residents of Oleshky.

Quote: "None of the humanitarian aid that they supposedly brought in has reached the people. All this aid is currently being stored in one warehouse. And when people come, they are told: 'This is not for you'.

So I understand that it will be distributed to people with ties to the Russians."

Details: Prokudin said that Ukraine had delivered more humanitarian aid by drones.

Quote: "The only organisation, the only person who provided us with 10 tonnes of food for the occupied territories was Howard Buffett, because neither the World Food Programme nor any of our other donors agreed to do it."

Details: The other donors refused, the head of the administration said, because they would not receive reports from people confirming that they had received the aid.

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