Putin wants to repeat the Oleshky humanitarian mission in occupied Kostiantynivka. Why there? And is it a ploy to resupply Russian troops?
Meduza · 12 Nov 2026

Putin wants to repeat the Oleshky humanitarian mission in occupied Kostiantynivka. Why there? And is it a ploy to resupply Russian troops?

Ahead of his meeting with U.S. presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed a humanitarian operation in Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, modeled on a similar mission recently carried out in Oleshky. According to Putin, “about 400 to 500 civilians” remain in the city.


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