European Parliament Vice-President Pina Picierno has agreed to end her hunger strike after agreements were reached on humanitarian aid and the evacuation of residents from the occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast.
Source: Dmytro Lubinets, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, on Telegram
Details: Lubinets said he had spoken with Picierno on 23 October and urged her to end her hunger strike, which was already posing a serious threat to her life and health.
He briefed her on the local ceasefire agreements brokered with the help of US First Lady Melania Trump.
The agreements provide for mine clearance on the road to Oleshky, the delivery of food, water, medicine and hospital equipment, and the safe passage and evacuation of civilians.
The human rights commissioner promised to keep Picierno regularly informed about the implementation of the agreements.
Read more: Oleshky under siege: a city where people eat grass, hide bodies in a hospital basement and wait for an evacuation that never comes
Background: On 21 October, Picierno went on a hunger strike to draw the international community's attention to the humanitarian catastrophe in occupied Oleshky and to secure aid for local residents. The Ukrainian and Russian general staffs announced on Friday evening that a ceasefire will be implemented in a designated area starting on the night of 26-27 October to conduct a humanitarian operation in temporarily occupied Oleshky.
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