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UkrainePublished: 21 October 2026 at 09:32

European Parliament Vice-President Goes on Hunger Strike for Residents of Oleshky

Pina Picierno, a Vice-President of the European Parliament, has announced a hunger strike. She is urging the international community to help residents of occupied Oleshky, Ukraine, citing a humanitarian catastrophe.

Foto: Pravda — ziņas

Pina Picierno, a Vice-President of the European Parliament, has announced that she is going on hunger strike. The protest is meant to draw attention to the plight of people living in Oleshky, a Ukrainian town currently under Russian occupation.

Picierno has called on the international community to help the town's residents. According to the report, a humanitarian catastrophe has developed in occupied Oleshky.

The source report gives no further details, such as how long the hunger strike will last, what specific demands are being made, or what the current situation in the town looks like.

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