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- 1Residents of occupied Oleshky face starvation, official says▼DW News. . The town of Oleshky lies fully isolated in Ukraine's Russian-occupied territory. No food has entered it by road for weeks. And residents are now facing starvation, according to the head of the Oleshky Military Administration. #dwcurrentaffairs
The Ukrainian town of Oleshky, in territory occupied by Russia, has been cut off by road for weeks with no food deliveries getting in, according to the head of the town's military administration. Residents are now at risk of starvation. The report highlights the deteriorating humanitarian conditions for civilians living under Russian occupation in the Kherson region.
- 2Seven Russian Targets Hit in Overnight Strikes, Ukrainian Reports Say●The depot solved its storage problem: there is now considerably less to store. On the night of 29 September 2026, seven
Overnight on 29 September, Ukrainian forces struck seven targets in occupied territory, according to battlefield reports. The hits included military sites near Manhush, Kyrnosove and Novoaidar, and oil depots at Druzhne, Novoiehorivka and Kachkarske. Commenters highlighted the damage to fuel storage, with one quipping that a depot now has far less to store, a sardonic nod to the strikes' effectiveness.
- 3Ukraine Confirms Over 20,000 Children Forcibly Deported●Ukraine Confirms More Than 20,000 Children Were Unlawfully Deported or Forcibly Transferred
Ukraine has confirmed that more than 20,000 children have been unlawfully deported or forcibly transferred, most of them to Russia or Russian-occupied territories. The figure comes from ongoing documentation efforts by Ukrainian authorities and child rights organisations working to trace and return the children. International bodies, including the International Criminal Court, have previously linked such deportations to war crimes charges against Russian officials.