# ‘The smell of death is everywhere’: Inside the humanitarian catastrophe in Russian-occupied Oleshky

https://mins.news/en/item/93360

- Meduza, 2026-10-09 14:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/09/the-smell-of-death-is-everywhere-inside-the-humanitarian-catastrophe-unfolding-in-russian-occupied-oleshky-where-hundreds-are-trapped-without-food-electricity-or-medicine

> Oleshky in Ukraine’s Kherson region has been under Russian occupation since 2022 and was devastated by flooding after the Kakhovka dam was blown up in 2023. Cut off in fall 2026, the city has no electricity, food, or medicine, and Russian troops have mined and blocked every exit. Former residents describe reaching loved ones by unreliable phone connections as they face drone strikes and illness.

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