# Civilians risk their lives on mined roads to flee Russian-held city

https://mins.news/en/item/104243

- The Associated Press, 2026-10-17 10:30 UTC
- World
- Original: https://bit.ly/47uX86v

> Food and medical supplies have been scarce for months in Oleshky, on the Dnipro River, which separates Ukrainian forces from the Russian occupiers of the city. Civilians are risking their lives to escape along mined roads.

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