‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky
Oleshky was once home to 24,000 people but only 2,000 or so remain. Photograph: Ukraine 34th Marine BrigadeView image in fullscreenOleshky was once home to 24,000 people but only 2,000 or so remain. The house where we stayed last winter was also destroyed and burned down.
- ▪Oleshky was once home to 24,000 people but only 2,000 or so remain.
- ▪Photograph: Ukraine 34th Marine BrigadeView image in fullscreenOleshky was once home to 24,000 people but only 2,000 or so remain.
- ▪The house where we stayed last winter was also destroyed and burned down.
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| Publication time | Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:00:04 GMT |
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Oleshky was once home to 24,000 people but only 2,000 or so remain. Photograph: Ukraine 34th Marine BrigadeView image in fullscreenOleshky was once home to 24,000 people but only 2,000 or so remain. Photograph: Ukraine 34th Marine BrigadeUkraine‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky Supplies cut off from Ukrainian city where bodies are being left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from dronesPeter Beaumont and Artem MazhulinSun 27 Sep 2026 07.00 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleThe phone message sent out of Russian-occupied Oleshky was grimly matter of fact: food for the 2,000 or so civilians still remaining in the city and its surrounding villages had finally run out.“We’re in Oleshky [and] we can’t get out.
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