MORE: The Kremlin has so far shown no interest in working with Ukraine or other international authorities to establish a local humanitarian ceasefire in the Oleshky area to resolve the crisis and now appears to be actively hindering Ukrainian efforts to provide food to local residents.
Russia continues to demonstrate that its relationship with occupied Ukraine is extractive, brutal, and self-serving as Russia’s war restricts consumer logistics routes and limits the goods and services available to occupied Ukrainians.