# Risking their lives to find food and water in Russian-occupied city

https://mins.news/en/item/71503

- BBC News, 2026-09-23 23:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c60qxywdx4vvo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

> Residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine say they are trapped amid shelling and severe shortages of food, water and medical care. Some are eating garden weeds to survive. A husband and wife reportedly were killed by a drone while returning with food after missing an occupation-imposed curfew.

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