The dire situation in Alyoshki was also discussed during a Putin-Trump phone call on Friday<\/p>\n
US First Lady Melania Trump has expressed a willingness to support humanitarian efforts in the Russian town of Alyoshki, where civilians remain trapped under Ukrainian siege amid severe shortages of food, water, and medicine, Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova has said.
\nLocated close to the front line in Kherson Region, which voted to join Russia four years ago, the town has been largely deprived of basic services for months. Frequent drone attacks and remotely laid mines obstruct aid deliveries and hinder evacuation efforts. Local authorities estimate that between 1,500 and 2,000 residents remain in the town, including elderly people, women, and children.
\nRussian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, discussed the humanitarian crisis during Friday\u2019s phone call and agreed that the commissioner would maintain contact with the US first lady\u2019s office, according to the Kremlin.
\nMoscow has accused Kiev\u00a0of deliberately creating the humanitarian crisis through its attacks on civilian supply routes, then exploiting the resulting human tragedy to blame Russia for the disaster.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTo address this dire situation, we remain in contact with the American side and the team of Melania Trump, who has voiced her willingness to help the town,\u201d Lantratova wrote in a Telegram post on Saturday, adding that difficult negotiations were underway to arrange humanitarian deliveries and evacuate those in need of urgent care.
\nLantratova\u00a0said Ukrainian deliberately destroyed the latest humanitarian convoy, despite its vehicles bearing signs reading \u201cPeople.\u201d Residents have had to risk their lives bringing essential supplies into the town on foot or by bicycle.
\n\u201cIf the Ukrainians stopped attacking and mining civilian supply routes, it would allow the delivery of necessary aid and the evacuation of those who urgently need it,\u201d she said.
\n\u201cWe will continue to help all residents no matter what their political views are. Human beings are our top priority, and the value of each human life is unconditional,\u201d Lantratova added.<\/p>\n
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Earlier this week, Russian Foreign Ministry envoy Rodion Miroshnik said Ukrainian forces had effectively besieged Alyoshki, blocking essential deliveries and preventing residents from leaving. He accused them of continuing to mine roads, attack civilians, and obstruct the recovery of victims\u2019 bodies to prevent documentation of war crimes.
\nKherson Governor Vladimir Saldo invited international organizations to visit Alyoshki and assess conditions firsthand, amid accusations that Russia was obstructing humanitarian relief. \u201cPlease come and see. Then we can decide together how to resolve this extremely difficult situation,\u201d he said during a briefing on Wednesday.
\nForeign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has also accused Kiev of creating a humanitarian catastrophe, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the situation as critical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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