To stay or risk the 'Road of Death' - Ukrainian civilians trapped in frontline city
People in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky say they have been cut off from fresh supplies of food or medicine for months.
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People in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky say they have been cut off from fresh supplies of food or medicine for months.
Residents of Oleshky, Ukraine, have been cut off from fresh supplies of food and medicine for months, facing a perilous escape route known as the 'Road of Death' due to heavy mining.
Civilians in Oleshky, Ukraine, are enduring a humanitarian crisis, with limited access to essentials and facing the dangerous 'Road of Death' to escape Russian-occupied territory.
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