Ukrainian foreign minister says Russian-held town is a ‘death trap’ with starving residents

Oct 17 (Reuters) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Saturday that Russian occupying forces were turning the Ukrainian town of Oleshky into a death trap gripped by starvation, and ​urged international organisations to help evacuate its residents. Sybiha made his ‌comments on X a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged, in a conversation with Pope Leo, to cooperate in delivering vital supplies into the town in southern Ukraine s Kherson region. Russians are trying to turn the Ukrainian town ‌of ​Oleshky into a death trap. The hospital ⁠has run out of ⁠medicine. Dozens of bodies lie in the streets or in homes, as Russians forbid residents from burying them, Sybiha wrote. Families are starving, surviving on leftover garden vegetables, preserves and even snails ​Ukraine has repeatedly called for safe evacuation and international humanitarian access. These appeals cannot remain unanswered. The Kremlin acknowledged in September ⁠that Oleshky had critical pro