Russia says it will open humanitarian corridor to Ukrainian town

Russia says it will open a humanitarian corridor to the occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky, where people have been eating weeds and pickles to survive while trapped by minefields, shelling and drones. Transcript LEILA FADEL, HOST: Russia and Ukraine have agreed to a very limited ceasefire. It's to help a Ukrainian town that's been under Russian occupation for nearly five years. NPR's Joanna Kakissis has this report on what life there has been like, which includes some graphic details.JOANNA KAKISSIS, BYLINE: It is nearly impossible to reach the town of Oleshky, which sits on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Russian forces occupied this town in 2022 and mined the land around it. Food and medicine rarely get through, and the roughly 2,000 residents remaining in Oleshky cannot get out.(SOUNDBITE OF DIAL TONE)KAKISSIS: NPR spoke to a woman from Oleshky whose elderly mother still lives there. At her request, NPR is not using her or her mother's real name or voice for safety reasons. She says she fears Russian authorities will target them both. She gives her name as Solomiia (ph), and her mother's as Halyna (ph).SOLOMIIA: (Through voice actor) She tries to call every day. I make sur...