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Oleshky evacuation takes residents toward family via Russia's Anapa

Footage from inside the occupied city shows women preparing to leave as the report describes shortages and a circuitous journey to Ukrainian-held territory.

Channel: TSN ·

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Ексклюзивні кадри з Олешок: що там відбувається

Oleshky lies across the Dnipro River from Kherson, but the evacuation route described in this report leads through Anapa, on Russia's Black Sea coast, before reaching Ukrainian-controlled territory.

Ukraine's Television News Service (TSN) shows residents preparing for that journey in footage filmed inside the Russian-occupied city. Most of those interviewed are older women. One says she has packed and is traveling alone because she misses her relatives; another cries as she recalls a call from loved ones in Mykolaiv.

The women describe repeated shelling and the exhaustion of life under occupation. Their immediate concern is getting back to family.

The report, titled "Ексклюзивні кадри з Олешок: що там відбувається" ("Exclusive footage from Oleshky: what is happening there"), says residents have endured months without reliable access to water, electricity, food and medicine. It shows Ukraine's parliamentary human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, on the ground during the humanitarian mission.

The presenter explains the city's strategic position opposite Kherson and accuses Russian occupation forces of using civilian buildings and residents as human shields. That allegation is the broadcaster's account.

Alongside the studio explanation, the footage stays close to the people leaving: bags packed, conversations with journalists and tearful accounts of relatives waiting elsewhere.