Residents of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky have been cut off from food and medicine deliveries for more than a month, forcing people to barter for basic supplies as the humanitarian situation rapidly deteriorates. No vehicles have entered or left the town since May 26, according to Tetiana Hasanenko, head of the Oleshky City Military Administration, as per Vgoru media. Around 2,000 people remain in Oleshky itself, while about 6,000 people, including at least 150 children, are still living across the wider occupied community.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Oleshky is located in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on the left bank of the Dnipro River, about 5 km (3 miles) southeast of the city of Kherson. The town has been under Russian occupation since the opening days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022 and sits directly opposite Ukrainian positions across the river, making it part of an active frontline zone. Illustration map: AI-generated With supply routes blocked, residents have exhausted most food stocks and now survive by exchanging what little they have with neighbors. Only small quantities of vegetables and leftover household supplies are available at the local market, where staple foods such as potatoes and eggs have become scarce and prohibitively expensive.