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Pope Leo XIV Returns to Work After Surgery as Zelenskyy Briefs Him on 'Humanitarian Catastrophe' in Ukraine

Pope Leo XIV returned to Vatican duties after lung surgery and spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about aid and evacuations in Oleshky.

International Business Times UK · Oct 20

Pope Leo XIV holds call with Zelenskyy, Vatican says

Chicago-born Leo, 71, has been calling for a humanitarian truce in Oleshky, a city under Russian siege, to allow food and medical aid to arrive and for civilians to be evacuated safely.

Euronews · Oct 19

Zelenskyy says Ukraine got no early warning from partners as Russia hits the power grid again

Zelenskyy is grappling with recent Washington moves benefiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, including waiving U.S. sanctions on Moscow and signing a deal to import diesel from Moscow.

The Economic Times · Oct 19

Ukraine's city of Oleshky faces starvation as Russia blocks all aid

Russia is shooting down food deliveries, confiscating supplies that reach the ground and blocking evacuation of some 2,000 residents still trapped in the occupied Kherson town, where the Council of Europe warns civilians face "a high risk of death" with no food, medicine, water or electricity.

Euronews · Sep 28

Civilians Face Starvation: Oleshky residents survive on one meal a day; UN told of ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

Ukraine’s Russian-occupied city of Oleshky is facing starvation, with around 2,000 civilians, including nearly 50 children, reportedly stranded as food supplies run out and evacuation efforts remain stalled, The Guardian reported.

The Times of India · Sep 28

‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky

Ukrainian forces airdrop supplies to city where bodies are left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones

The Guardian - UK · Sep 27

Takeaways from AP investigation into Russia's cover-up of deaths caused by dam explosion in Ukraine

An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine — the flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023

AP concludes at least hundreds died in floods after Ukraine dam collapse, far more than Russia said

An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the dead in one of the most devastating chapters of the 22-month war in Ukraine — the flooding that followed the catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in the southern Kherson region

The Independent UK · Dec 28, 2023

Desperate Ukrainians take long and uncertain journey to escape Russian occupation

Some Ukrainians living under Russian occupation are so desperate to escape that they take long, circuitous and uncertain journeys through Russia to return to Ukrainian-held territory

The Independent UK · Jul 11, 2023

Ukraine's troops long planned their move on Russian forces. Then came the flood

Soldiers spent months making clandestine trips across Ukraine's Dnipro River to plan the counteroffensive. Instead of facing off against Russian forces, this unit found itself fighting floodwaters.

WEKU · Jun 22, 2023