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title: "Russia Prepares Fake Videos Featuring Residents of Oleshky: Forced to Claim They Are 'Well-Fed'"
description: "Russian occupiers are preparing staged videos with residents of besieged Oleshky in the Kherson region, forcing starving people to thank the invaders for a 'well-fed' life."
date: 2026-09-30T09:58:00.000Z
lang: en
url: https://xab.info/en/posts/russia-prepares-fake-videos-featuring-residents-of-oleshky
tags: [oleshky, kherson, ukraine-war, humanitarian-crisis, propaganda]
publisher: "XAB.info"
---

# Russia Prepares Fake Videos Featuring Residents of Oleshky: Forced to Claim They Are 'Well-Fed'

![Residents of occupied Oleshky facing humanitarian crisis](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/30/rf-gotovit-feykovye-video-s-zhitelyami-oleshek/rf-gotovit-feykovye-video-s-zhitelyami-oleshek-1.webp)

## 🎯 Key Points

- Russia is preparing fake videos featuring starving residents of Oleshky
- The occupiers have completely blocked evacuation and humanitarian aid in the city
- The Ukrainian military delivers food to Oleshky using heavy drones
- The occupiers shoot down drones with humanitarian aid and take food from civilians

Russian occupation forces are preparing a large-scale propaganda staging in the temporarily seized territories of the Kherson region. According to Ukrainian intelligence and official statements from the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, dozens of staged videos are planned to be recorded in Oleshky, featuring local residents who have been suffering from hunger and a humanitarian catastrophe for a long time.

### The Essence of the Invaders' Cynical Operation

According to information from Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha, the scenario of Kremlin propaganda is to force exhausted people to thank the invaders and claim on camera that they are allegedly provided with food and live a happy life. This tactic is applied after the city was completely blocked: the invaders cut off all evacuation routes, blocked access to humanitarian aid, and created conditions for artificial survival.

### Humanitarian Catastrophe in Besieged Oleshky

The situation in Oleshky, which has been under occupation since 2022, has reached a critical point. Before the full-scale invasion, about 24,000 people lived here, and today only about 2,000 residents remain, including about 50 children. Electricity and gas supplies are completely absent in the settlement, and the delivery of any medicines and food is blocked. Due to the lack of elementary living conditions, people are forced to eat grass and weeds.

### Contradictory Data

While the Ukrainian side, intelligence data, and international reports clearly document the brutal humanitarian blockade and artificially created famine in Oleshky, Russian official and pro-military sources categorically deny any problems in the region. Russian propaganda resources claim that the city allegedly receives all necessary assistance and is developing under Russian administration, which sharply contrasts with the facts of blocking evacuation, intercepting drones with humanitarian aid, and persecuting local residents for trying to get food.

### Ukraine's Efforts to Save People

Despite the resistance of the occupiers, the Defense Forces of Ukraine, together with the Kherson Regional Military Administration, are doing everything possible to support the surviving civilians. Since March, food has been regularly delivered across the Dnieper using heavy unmanned aerial vehicles. For example, recently the Ukrainian military delivered about 4 tons of food to 100 locations in the city using drones, but the occupiers purposefully shoot down such devices and take food away from the elderly and children.

## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification

- [РФ готовит фейковые видео с жителями Олешек: будут заставлять говорить, что они "сыты"](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/rf-gotue-feykovi-video-zhitelyami-oleshok-1790761254.html) - Основной источник новости с заявлением главы МИД Украины Андрея Сибиги.
- [Сибига заявил, что у Европы и Украины есть «козыри», которые нужно разыграть](https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/news/2026/05/28/28563073.shtml) - Дополнительный контекст по заявлениям Андрея Сибиги.
- [Сибига: Украина может получить лицензии на производство антибаллистики Patriot](https://charter97.org/ru/news/2026/7/8/690447/) - Дополнительный новостной контекст о заявлениях министра.
- [Сибига: Формат переговоров Украина-США-Россия исчерпал себя](https://rus.delfi.lv/57862/v-mire/120119619/sibiga-format-peregovorov-ukraina-ssha-rossiya-ischerpal-sebya) - Дополнительный контекст международной активности МИД Украины.

## ❓ FAQ

### Q: How many people remain in occupied Oleshky?
**A:** Today, about 2,000 people remain in Oleshky, including about 50 children, although before the full-scale invasion the population was about 24,000.

### Q: How does Ukraine deliver aid to the besieged city?
**A:** The Ukrainian military, together with the Kherson RMA, delivers food across the Dnieper River using heavy drones, distributing aid to dozens of locations.