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Today, the biggest news is coming from the Kherson direction.
Here, Ukrainian marines just launched a daring operation into the besieged town of Oleshky, on the Russian-controlled side of the Dnipro River. Ukrainian civilians in the town have been under tight Russian control since the full-scale invasion, and recently the situation became critical enough to warrant a massive rescue mission. Heavy bomber drones flew into the Russian-controlled town, delivering dozens of heavy crates full of food, water, medicine, and hygiene supplies to the Ukrainian residents. Smaller Ukrainian FPV drones were also deployed, hoping to carry as much humanitarian aid to the starving civilians as possible. Coordinating with local leaders who have stepped up to care for others, the Marines delivered an undisclosed amount of assistance solely through unmanned aerial systems.
This happened in the Ukrainian town of Oleshky, where six thousand Ukrainian residents have been under Russian control since the start of the full-scale invasion. After Ukrainians liberated the city of Kherson in November of two-thousand-twenty-two, Russians began intense shelling and targeting of civilians inside it, an operation that Russian soldiers colloquially call their human safari. Partially with the goal of eliminating Russian snipers firing into the city, Ukrainians established control of the riverbank town of Dachi in two-thousand-twenty-three, and have held it against Russian assaults ever since. However, Russian drone operators stationed inside Oleshky continued to launch attacks against the city of Kherson. To prevent Ukrainians from annihilating the Russian soldiers stationed here, Russians have strictly cordoned off the town and prevented any residents from leaving, essentially using them as human shields.
With entrance and exit to the town being blocked by Russian soldiers, drones, and minefields, a massive humanitarian crisis has ensued. Residents are unable to gain access to necessities and have been living as human shields ever since, surviving on whatever they can find. That is why Ukrainian forces stationed across the river organized this operation to drop many supplies into Oleshky. While the likelihood that Russian soldiers will try to steal back the supplies for themselves is high, alleviating the crisis for as many civilians as possible has taken clear priority.
It is also important to note that Ukrainians frequently attempt to organize humanitarian corridors and ceasefires to allow residents to leave Oleshky with the help of the international Red Cross. Unfortunately, Russia has repeatedly refused and reneged on agreements regarding the evacuations, frequently canceling them in the final stages without explaining why. Regardless, many Ukrainian volunteers operating from inside the free Ukrainian territory as well as Russian-controlled Ukrainian territory consistently help residents evacuate and find refuge further in the rear.
Overall, Ukrainian marines conducted a daring operation to deliver as many essential supplies as they could to the besieged civilians inside Oleshky. The operation was not without risk to the marines, as such a large-scale deployment of unmanned systems causes Russians to begin searching for the Ukrainian operators immediately. Nevertheless, the operation has been a success and has temporarily alleviated the situation for those who were in the direst need. With Russians continuing to hold up agreements on a safe evacuation corridor for civilian residents, the humanitarian crisis in Oleshky is one of the most intense seen in the war thus far.
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Isn’t this town the one for which Melania negotiated a local ceasefire (for yesterday I believe) to allow civilian residents to evacuate (to deeper into Russian controlled areas or to Ukrainian controlled area as they choose) the town without being fired upon? In looking at maps I see that this town is located in low ground across the river from a Ukrainian city located on higher ground. If anything the terrain would be more suitable for Ukrainians to fire down upon the Russian occupied town than vice versa.
And, by the way, the “over-the-top” video sounds like it was made by Ukrainian propagandists. Just sayin’.
Checking further I see that there are no bridges in the town over the river to the Ukrainian side and the ONLY ROADS into the town are in Russian controlled territory. So if those roads are being bombed it would be by the Ukrainians.
So I call BS on this ridiculous propaganda video.
Yes. The Oleshky humanitarian aid and civilian evacuations given by Ukraine was announced by the Office of First Lady Melania Trump.
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Drone footage tells the story of occupied Oleshky in Ukraine | The Insiders
Sky News
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10-24-2026 5:30 A.M.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1qMJAic2eI
Sky’s Stuart Ramsay tells Michael Clarke how his team were able to gain access to drone footage from the occupied city of Oleshky in Ukraine, where residents have had to resort to foraging for nuts and berries, as a result of the war.
TRANSCRIPT:
...been a war correspondent in many parts of the world.
This must have been one of the more sensitive assignments you’ve been on because as you said, you had you had to get the trust of these people.
You weren’t just going there for a bit of dramatic footage and then clearing off again. You were going there to make them understand what it was you wanted. That was it’s it’s a bit of a different different sort of assignment in a way. I know you’re very good at this, but this must have been quite a sensitive one for you as a war correspondent.
Yeah, it is. And I think that the the soldiers um it takes a little while to get across to them what we’re trying to
do, which is is not a military story per se. It’s a human story and the perspective of what it is like for people to be inside a city we can’t get to. You know, our normal way of working is to try to get to these very difficult places and and and survive as best we can along with the local population to talk to them and get a sense of what it’s like.
But when it’s completely cut off like this, it was
something of a challenge um for us to work out how we could do this to show what people are are really feeling. And as I say, you can do that by talking to people, but you could also do it with pictures of them because you can’t hide the fact that Oleshky is a completely destroyed uh city.
You can’t you... you can illustrate people looking for nuts and berries um waiting for air drops to come and and and give them some meager amounts of food that can come in a 20 kilo cardboard box. That’s the best they can hope for at any given given drop. So it it was something that once we got it across to the to the soldiers that this was we were trying to do that we wanted to talk to them about their their warfare, their war capabilities.
We wanted to talk to them about their drones, but we wanted us to show them to show us what it’s like in the city. And they did that using their drone. So, you can see, for example, in my story, they circled the hospital. Now, the hospital has got over 30 bodies in it in its morg. The RUSSIANS haven’t allowed it to leave. There’s a handful of of workers there, doctor, medics, and they are doing their best with virtually no medicine to help the local community.
Now, we can’t get right inside the hospital, but you can see it and nobody had seen that properly before. Lots of the things that we were able to show with the help of these pictures from the drones were we’ve read about them. We’ve heard people talking about what’s going on, but this is actually the first time you could properly see this is what they’re talking about and this is what the city is like.
**White House adds that First Lady Melania Trump compassionately acts to create an agreement for a ceasefire will begin on 29 October.
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Oleshky: A rare glimpse into a Russian-occupied city starved of life
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Oct 21, 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEbHU_WOVlg
TRANSCRIPT:
CHAPTER 1: Crisis in Oleshky
0:00
the battered and blasted remains of a city in southern Ukraine. It is Oleshky,
0:07
occupied by Russia since 2022. It’s a frontline city that suffers more than many others because it’s on the banks of
0:14
the Denipro River. Across the river is free Ukraine. Russia needs to hold it.
0:22
This is Oleshky today. Amid the ruins, the people of this city are holding on.
0:28
The figures vary, but there’s an estimated 2,000 adults and 50 children still here. There’s no power or water,
0:36
and they’ve had no proper food since May.
0:41
We’re with the 11th Brigade of Ukraine’s National Guard, watching the city in real time, gaining a rare glimpse into life here.
0:50
The soldiers say residents are forced to stay in Oleshky. They aren’t allowed to leave. The Russian forces are outgunned,
0:57
have no control of the skies, but no, the UKRAINIANS can’t launch an assault with THEIR PEOPLE still inside.
CHAPTER 2: Dangerous escape attempts
1:09
But some do try to escape.
1:14
The control room screens focus up as drone pilots identify at least two women. Commander Serhei tells his team to track them.
1:36
on bicycles. They’re taking a road that can lead them to freedom. For their own safety, we won’t show their faces. It’s
1:44
over 20 km. It’s dangerous, and they pass the remnants of serious fighting that rages here.
1:50
They call it the road of death and life.
1:54
Mind and in range of RUSSIAN ATTACK DRONES, it is the only way out.
2:00
The escapees are hiding amongst a group of traders who daily travel to the nearby town of Redensk to buy food before returning to Oleshky. The
2:09
Russians generally put up with this, but they do everything they can to stop people from escaping for good.
2:15
This is an area they call twins, renowned amongst other people trying to get out of the city that it’s one of the most dangerous places where RUSSIAN DESERTERS would often hang out.
2:24
Um, commander here says you could tell the difference from the from the different uh Russian soldiers. So, it’s extremely dangerous place. Everyone
2:31
we’ve spoken to who’s got out of the city mentions this. This is the the worst bit um over quite a long period of time.
2:39
The Ukrainian drones are providing the women with cover. It’s an arranged mission. It’s rare to see this.
2:46
The soldiers can’t guarantee their safety, of course, but they will do everything to make sure they aren’t attacked by the Russians.
2:56
They’re almost there when a white Russian attack drone appears. You can see it circled.
3:04
It intends to kill them, but then the drone suddenly veers to the right, then crashes to the ground and explodes. So just when you think it’s almost coming to an end, it’s starts again.
3:16
A soldier shows us where the escapees were. It’s a near miss.
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What’s happened, Commander? Can you explain what’s happened?
CHAPTER 3: Life under occupation
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once famed for its parks and countryside, Oleshky is a desolate place now.
3:52
It’s hard to believe anyone actually lives here.
3:58
Those left behind, unable to get out, are afraid of what this winter will bring.
4:04
Most are too scared to talk. But this resident wants the world to know just how bad it is inside.
4:11
We’ve altered their voice for their safety.
4:30
Can I ask you a specific question? We’ve been told people are actually is it’s so bad that they’re eating grass or boiling grass. Is that true? Do you know that is a fact?
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for really
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What do you want to say to the outside world? What do you need from the outside world? What help do you need?
5:31
Stop. Nothing.
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[snorts]
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Maybe.
6:09
We can’t get to Oleshky because it’s under Russian control, but the Ukrainian drones can. and they provide us with the evidence of how intolerably difficult life has become.
6:24
This is Oleshky’s only hospital. It too is battered from the fighting. Most of its windows are broken and boarded.
6:32
A handful of staff try to help the community.
6:35
There’s virtually no medicine or medical supplies. Witnesses confirm to us there are over 30 bodies in the morgue. These, they say, are the bodies of people
6:44
killed in what are described as violent acts committed by RUSSIAN SOLDIERS.
6:50
The smell of dead bodies inside, we’re told, is so bad that you cannot visit the hospital without wearing a mask.
6:59
In the midst of the rubble, initially hidden from view, a man can be seen cooking on a fire outside in the sleeping rain.
7:08
It’s miserable, but it’s the only way he can heat what mega food he has.
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The man spots the drone. He waves at it to show he’s not a threat.
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Most homes here are destroyed.
7:28
We follow another man as he searches for berries and nuts to eat.
7:37
He also knows he’s being watched from the skies, but they’re used to the surveillance. Now,
CHAPTER 4: Drone aid missions
7:48
while all brigades operating in this part of southern Ukraine are fighting a war with Russia, they’re also trying to deliver aid to the people carried in by drone.
7:58
The most conventional time to drop aid is at night. We’re on the road to the city of Hersan on the right bank of the Denipro River opposite Oleshky and it is
8:08
dangerous. All travel here is done at breakneck speed passing beneath the drone nets to provide subp protection.
8:18
We’re meeting with the 34th Marine Brigade who will be delivering vital food and medicine under the [snorts] cover of darkness
8:26
using only red lights and hidden in a disused industrial unit. They prepare their cargo.
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You can see the box of aid attached to the bottom of this drone.
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The third one.
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One at a time, the drones are fired up and launched, disappearing into the night skies.
8:52
Well, these drone lifts are absolutely vital for the people of Oleshky for taking medicine and food. But bear in mind we’re only 8 km away and that is
9:01
being held by the RUSSIANS where in the Kursan side. It’s desperate there.
9:06
People have got virtually nothing and they need these uh drone drops as often as they can be given and it’s it’s still not enough.
9:15
In their control room, the Marines monitor the latest mission to Oleshky. This is a drop of insulin.
9:25
They’ve been told it’s in desperately short supply.
9:30
The insulin is in ampules that could break if the box is dropped, so it needs to be taken by hand.
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Through the darkness, a drone delivers the precious cargo.
9:45
Stealthily, a woman appears from the shadows and grabs the medicine.
9:51
She tries to pull it toward her, but it’s still attached.
9:55
The cable is released and falls to the ground, momentarily scaring her.
10:07
She composes herself and with the box in hand disappears.
10:13
RECEIVING these parcels is really dangerous for the residents. The RUSSIANS could accuse them of COLLABORATING with Ukraine.
10:20
The Marines say these people are being used that they’re human shields. They are hostages of Russian army. Yeah.
10:29
Uh they are like a shield for Russian army because if we today will be know
10:36
new about that it’s no civilian people in Oleshky we would change our tactic
10:43
but we don’t want to kill Ukrainian citizens civilian people. WE ARE NOT RUSSIANS.
10:50
These air drops are a lifeline to the people of Oleshky who can’t escape.
10:54
But the military concedes it’s not enough. The people need proper relief.
10:59
But RUSSIA won’t relax its strangle hold. Condemning the residents to a winter imprisoned in a destroyed city.
CHAPTER 5: Strategic military impasse
11:13
And Stuart joins us now from Kev.
11:16
Stuart, evening to you. It’s incredible to see just how terrible the situation is there in Oleshky. Just to explain to
11:23
people watching though the importance of the town to both sides.
11:30
Yeah. Well, it’s on the left bank of the Dro River as we’ve said in that in that report opposite her son. I think for the Ukrainians it’s important to them. They
11:38
want to take it back obviously because it’s currently held by the Russians. So that’s just a sort of given. They want to get back as much of Ukraine as possible. They also want to stop the
11:46
Russian forces from attacking their positions across the river and into Kerson itself and the chaos that it’s causing there. But ultimately they also
11:54
want to get across the river uh take the city and then push south heading towards Crimea. And if you like that’s almost exactly opposite to the Russians. So
12:02
they want to hold the city. They want to continue uh to attack uh Ukrainian positions and they see it as a buffer for the Ukrainians coming over the river
12:11
and then heading south again heading to Crimea. So, that’s ultimately why it’s so important. What it means is you’ve got this 2,000 odd people, 50 odd uh 50
12:20
kids or so inside, somewhat stuck in the middle. And that that’s why they’re in such a predicament. Um because, you know, the fighting is going on all the
12:28
time. Ukrainians uh don’t want to completely level the city while their own people are there. And the Russians don’t want to let them go for exactly the same reason.
12:37
And look, it’s so terrible that we know Putin and Trump have spoken about the situation. and the Pope has said what he thinks as well. The Kremlin though
12:44
claims that Ukrainian drone attacks and shelling have made supplying and evacuating civilians dangerous. You’ve been on the ground. What’s your assessment?
12:55
Well, definitely the Ukrainians are attacking, but they would say that the Russians are not actually telling the truth here. They’re saying that they’re keeping the people there. um that they
13:02
they’ve made offers to bring food over, have a proper corridor uh for safety for the people um of the city and that
13:10
the Russians haven’t uh off delivered on that in any shape or form. They are making all the right noises now as you say the pope got involved. He spoke to
13:18
President Putin as did uh President Trump and they are making noises about perhaps facilitating something. It’s difficult to know how they could do that
13:27
and I’m not convinced. It’s particularly in Russia’s interest. From the impression that we got, the skies are controlled by the Ukrainian military.
13:35
They’re totally confident they could take the city. They say that the Russians aren’t very well supplied at all. And so, it’s really in the Russians interest to keep Ukrainian people in the
13:44
city for as long as possible. And we know that people are trying to escape and they stop them from doing so. the Russian soldiers themselves can’t really
13:51
come out much um from underground positions that they’ve taken because the powers of the drones of the Ukrainians
13:59
is such that they they’re killing soldiers pretty much anytime they see them. So the the Russians are somewhat stuck. So whatever the Kremlin says, the
14:06
impression I get at the moment is it’s unlikely that they’re going to allow uh this this city and others as well from emptying of Ukrainians because it’s
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holding the Ukrainians back. And just on people trying to flee the city, we just saw again, Stuart, those what they call
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grandmas, babushkas riding away on down that dangerous road on bikes. And what leapt out at me was just how dangerous that was with a potential Russian attack
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drone coming their way. But also, you mentioned in in the piece Russian deserters being around there as well.
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There are more of those getting away from the front lines, are there, and deserting the Russian army?
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Yeah, it is an extremely extremely dangerous uh road that that 20 kilometer road that people have to take if they’re
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trying to get out of the city. They know we know that there are collaborators within the city who try to stop people
15:02
from attempting to leave and can potentially tell uh the Russians that they know of a plan uh to leave the city. as you say, there’s deserters,
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there’s Russians who could fire. And as you saw in that report, just as they were almost at safety, they they were they were attacked by a Russian drone. I
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would say that the Ukrainian military that we were with were overwatching this um the whole time, the whole of this journey. And they will use their drones
15:27
to attack Russian drones if they see them. In this instance, they said that it was their own jammers or perhaps it was taken out, but it was their jammers that caused that Russian drone to crash.
15:37
But everyone who has been down that road has said how scary it is and many of the people who are inside are simply too
15:45
scared uh to leave. Another really important point to remember is that those have who are staying sometimes
15:52
have no idea. They’re scared to go but they have no idea where they would go or where they would get any work as well.
15:58
So it’s a really difficult conundrum for them. The problem is the winter is now coming. There’s no food, there’s no
16:05
electricity uh supplies, there’s no water. It’s I mean it really is awful already, but I I can’t imagine how bad it’s going to be when we get into
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minus30s and minus4s. It may come to a point where those people just simply can’t survive in in Oleshky. Stuart
16:21
Ramsey in key for us this evening. Thank you very much indeed. We can now speak to Matias Schmalla. He is resident and
CHAPTER 6: Humanitarian aid obstacles
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humanitarian coordinator in Ukraine for the United Nations. Good evening to you.
16:34
You’ve been aware of the situation there for quite a bit longer than perhaps we have. What’s your assessment of what’s going on in Oleshky?
16:45
Good evening to you. I I believe the report we’ve just seen correctly depicts the situation on the ground. As you
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indicated, I first heard about this around the turn of the year, so in the middle of winter. At that time the story
17:00
was that it was inaccessible because of the winter conditions. It was very cold snow on the roads. You couldn’t see
17:08
where landmines were and so on. Once the winter was over, then it’s the situation we’ve just seen. So civilians basically
17:16
trapped in the city increasingly without food and basic supplies. And look, we’re heading into winter once more and Stuart
17:24
mentioned just how bitingly cold it can be. As if those people haven’t got
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enough to worry about. Why hasn’t this problem been dealt with in the meantime?
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What could the UN have done in the meantime, if anything?
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So we have tried ever since be we became aware of this situation and ever since the UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT asked us uh to
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do something for these people either to get them basic supplies or to help them get out if they chose to do so. So we
18:00
have been through various channels trying to get the Russians to agree to give us safe passage. We can only do
18:08
humanitarian work as United Nations if both sides in a war agree to safe passage. The UKRAINIANS HAVE AGREED.
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They’ve asked us to to do this humanitarian work. So far, unfortunately, the RUSSIANS HAVE NOT AGREED to grant either us as United
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Nations or the Red Cross or other humanitarians the safe passage that is needed.
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Did the Russians give any reason for not agreeing? Because you will have heard in that piece there are accusations they’re
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using these civilians the these innocent people as a human shield.
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Yeah. Unfortunately they [RUSSIANS] don’t give clear reasons and I have to point out that Oleski is one example of a
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desperate situation. Of course this applies across the whole occupied territory. So also Luhansk and Donetska
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oblast regions. So we have we would like to do humanitarian work in all the occupied territory for vulnerable
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civilians. WE’VE ASKED SEVERAL TIMES to be granted the safe passage not just to Oleski but into the occupied territories
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and we have BASICALLY WITHOUT REASON not been given this access. You must feel helpless because of this.
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Yes, for sure. Uh you know it’s it’s terrible when you know YOU CAN do something. WE HAVE THE MEANS TO DO IT.
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You know, I work of course within the government control side of this. I’ve been to Kasson City where your correspondent was many times. We run
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inter-agency convoys as we call them, bringing humanitarian aid close to the front line. So, we KNOW HOW to do this.
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Uh we have the means to do it. We have the support of the international community. So, it’s frustrating. And yes, we feel somewhat helpless. not as
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helpless as the people that were interviewed.
20:00
Yeah, of course. Look, can I just zoom out a little bit because you’re very experienced in this kind of thing. You’d worked for UNRA previously, the Red
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Cross and the Red Crescent movement. Do you think now with this war in Ukraine, with the Russians as the aggressors,
20:18
humanitarian assistance allowing you to do your humanitarian work is being stopped in a way that it perhaps wouldn’t have been in the past?
20:29
Yes, we speak in the humanitarian community, not just the United Nations, but the Red Cross NGO civil society a
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lot about international humanitarian law or more precisely respect for international humanitarian law being
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eroded. So the the powers that designed it in the first place after the Second
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World War no longer seem uh to to fully adhere to it or respect it. That is a
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very worrying trend as you imply not just in Ukraine.
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It is a worrying trend and given the way you frame it there. Just to finish off Matias Schmalla, do you think we’re now in a more dangerous world than we have
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been perhaps for decades, perhaps since the end of the Second World War?
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Yeah. You know, if you think back of the 60s, for example, we had the Vietnam War, we had the Cuban missile crisis.
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I’m never quite sure whether it is really more dangerous. What has for sure changed is two things. One is the increasing technological nature of war.
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I often say in Ukraine the front line is moving into the sky with drones and and other airborne munitions and
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weapons. So that’s a new dimension. You know, we are more exposed to attacks, not least through the air. That’s one
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thing that has definitely changed and make it more complicated. And then the second one is back to the main powers of
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today not really respecting or adhering to international humanitarian law which they themselves have created.
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Matias, thank you very much indeed.
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Let’s get some more reaction. Now joining me is Alexandra Madvichuk, a Ukrainian human rights lawyer and chair
CHAPTER 7: War crimes and accountability
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of the Center for Civil Liberties, uh, with which she won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022. She’s in Kiev tonight. Thank you
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so much, uh, for joining us. Let’s just follow on from what we’re hearing from Matias there. Respect for the rule of law, it seems like it’s gone.
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Um, yes. uh the system that was built after the second world war to prevent wars and mass violence is now just
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stolen and reproducing fatalistic movements. Being a human rights lawyer, I have no legal tools that I can use now
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to stop this uh artificial uh creating situation of starving people in Oleshky
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and nearby settlements. What I can use as a human rights lawyer? Nothing.
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They feel helpless. It sounds like you feel helpless too.
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No, I don’t feel helpless because people in Oleshky, people in Hola, Pristen, Novas, Burfka and others
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settlements in occupied her own reasons, they DON’T NEED OUR TEARS. THEY NEED OUR ACTIONS. We must uh we MUST try hard
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EVERY DAY to help them to survive. This is our moral obligation.
23:30
I’m sure you saw our piece on Oleshky by Stuart Ramsey trying to at least document or get a small sense of the
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difficulty there. In terms of actually documenting it though, just how important is that? How difficult is it given the situation?
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It’s a HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE. Um I just Google the grass porto because I don’t know what does it mean and I was
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told that people start to eat this kind of grass because they are starving. Um Oleshky is not encircled in the classical
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sense but uh um they placed in in the situation to be encircled because of the
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mass drones attacks constant hostilities and landmines. So people in a mines and
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drones that trap and the the situation can be formulated in words people can’t get out the food can’t get in.
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Since the early days of the war, Russia has been accused of war crimes. Ever since that first week when it tried to uh get as far as Kiev.
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In this film, we see these old women on bicycles trying to flee Oleshky. And later on, we see what looks like a
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Russian attack drone that’s aimed for them before Ukrainian jammers seem to send it off in a different direction.
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Does that look like a potential war crime to you?
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YES, IT’S A WAR CRIMES. We have a lot of such kind of war crimes in our database.
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And this is also showing how this war is rapidly changing because in 2022 when
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Russia launched large scale war I was in Kiev and that time the war was in form of line of Russian tanks. They were
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storming my city and trying to encircle it. But now it’s completely another type of the war. It’s a WAR of unmanned
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machines using AI mass drones attack and total transparency of the battlefield. And
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this uh tactics that we call a human safari when Russians drones are DELIBERATELY HUNTING CIVILIANS, people
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on bicycles, families in cars, sellers on vegetables in markets. Um it’s unfortunately very widespread. We work
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with a case of one year old um baby uh his name was Mitri. He was just playing
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with his toys in the garden. Uh while a Russian FPV drone deliberately kill him.
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An operator behind this FPV drone clearly saw that it’s just baby but decided to to kill him.
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President Zelinskyy says he think he thinks it’s a genocide. What do you make of that?
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This war has a clearly genocidal character. PUTIN OPENLY SAYS THERE IS NO UKRAINIAN NATION. There is NO UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE. There is NO UKRAINIAN CULTURE.
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For 12 years, I have been documenting how this words converted in horrible practice in occupied territories where
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RUSSIANS physically EXTERMINATE ACTIVE LOCAL PEOPLE IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
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mayors, journalists, children writers, teachers, environmentalists, priests, any active people there. How they ban
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Ukrainian language and culture. How they destroy and rob Ukrainian cultural heritage. And how they take dozens of
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thousands Ukrainian children to Russia, separated them with their families, told them, “You’re not Ukrainian. You’re Russian children. your family’s
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relatives refused from you and you will be adopted by Russian families who will bring you up as Russians. So it’s
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CLEARLY GENOCIDAL INTENT and there is no necessity to be a lawyer to understand a very simple thing. If you want partially
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or completely to destroy some national group, there is no necessity for you to kill all representatives. You can just forcibly change their identity.
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Just to finish off, we know that Steve Wickoff, the US special envoy, is to speak with Putin uh once more. We know
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the US has done a deal for Russian diesel. We know that uh President Trump thinks Vladimir Zelinskyy should resign.
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There should be an election in Ukraine.
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With that all in mind, do you think there can ever be peace in Ukraine while Vladimir Putin is still in the Kremlin?
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We will NOT get a peace as a result of this uh peace negotiation that was initiated by President Donald Trump.
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First they completely lost human dimension. I have never heard that Vitkov or Kushner speak about Oleshky OR
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ANOTHER THOUSANDS of urgent humanitarian issues. They don’t care about people and this is not okay for peace negotiation
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because EVEN if you can’t reach peace YOU CAN USE this peace process in order to solve these urgent humanitarian needs
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but, second because they America start to support Russia in this war and it’s not
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a way how to STOP this war it’s a way how to turn this war in a... in a MASSACRE because with this uh recent Trump’s
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decisions Putin receive more opportunity to finance this bloody war against Ukraine.
Ooo! Oooo! I know! I know! Let’s have a two-state solution. One state can be Russia, and the other one can be Ukraine! That’s so neat!/s
It's an easy call to make. Everything the FR London-Davos-brigade of zeeper "influencers" give us is low-grade, low IQ, emotive propaganda.
I wish Davos and the deep-state would at least assign higher level propagandists
There are these concepts call "front lines" and "rear areas". Opposing forces try to kill the other side at the front lines to keep them from getting to the rear areas.
Also, this story of starvation in Oleshky and Ukrainian efforts - not Russian - to feed the people trapped there has been reported previously.
CBC,Sep 27, 2026, Ukraine uses drones to make airdrops of aid to occupied city of Oleshky on brink of starvation
WSJ, Oct. 10, 2026, Starving Ukrainians Are Risking Death to Escape Their Front-Line Town
AP, October 17, 2026, Desperate civilians risk their lives along mined roads to escape from a Russian-held city
So IF there wasn't a Russian invasion, which caused the humanitarian situation in Oleshky,
THEN it follows that:
Ukrainians would not have to use drones to airdrop food in the city,
Which was ongoing BEFORE
First Lady Melania Trump negotiated a ceasefire, TO ADDRESS that humanitarian situation.
Which while announced, has not been implemented yet. Russia adherence to cease-fires is makes Hamas look good.
I know, understanding this is can be hard.
“ Perhaps you are unfamilar with how warfare works.”
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And perhaps I’m VERY familiar with it. But nice try.
LOL - anyone who cites CBC as a source is a confirmed globalist tool!
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