‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky

Ukrainian forces airdrop supplies in to city where bodies are left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones The phone message sent out of Russian-occupied Oleshky was grimly matter of fact: food for the 2,000 or so civilians – including 50 children – remaining in th

Ukrainian forces airdrop supplies in to city where bodies are left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from drones The phone message sent out of Russian-occupied Oleshky was grimly matter of fact: food for the 2,000 or so civilians – including 50 children – remaining in the city and its surrounding villages had finally run out. “We’re in Oleshky [and] we can’t get out. We’re going hungry … Right now, I’ve got absolutely nothing to eat,” read the message from a woman in the besieged city who was waiting to be evacuated by the occupying forces.

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