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Oleshky Residents Flee as Supplies Run Out Amid Mining

By Drooid · Oct 17, 2026, 3:09 PM UTC · How we work

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Residents Flee Oleshky

Residents of Oleshky flee along mined “road of death” as supplies run out.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Oleshky was razed to ground on Oct. 12 in Poland.
The UN human rights office said the last road food delivery occurred on May 26.
Lt. Yevhen Voronetskyi said Russian troops mined Oleshky’s roads and Kyiv drones mined forest paths.
Tetiana Hasanenko said 100 bodies fill Oleshky hospital basement and morgue overflows.

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Putin Supports Vatican Aid

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Pope Leo XIV he supports the Vatican’s aid plan for Oleshky.
The Kremlin issued a statement confirming agreement to cooperate with the Vatican on the humanitarian effort.
Pope Leo XIV, hospitalized, reiterated his call for a cease-fire to allow food, medicine and evacuations.
Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights said talks with Russia on civilian evacuations have yielded no results.

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Residents Flee Oleshky

Residents of Oleshky flee along mined “road of death” as supplies run out.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Oleshky was razed to ground on Oct. 12 in Poland.
The UN human rights office said the last road food delivery occurred on May 26.
Lt. Yevhen Voronetskyi said Russian troops mined Oleshky’s roads and Kyiv drones mined forest paths.
Tetiana Hasanenko said 100 bodies fill Oleshky hospital basement and morgue overflows.

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