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Residents eating garden weeds in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water

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Residents eating garden weeds in Russian-occupied city cut off from food and water
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Image source, Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets Image caption, Oleshky has been under Russian occupation since 2022 and its people are now trapped

"Two more civilians died last night," says Halia, before her phone connection cuts off.

She is trapped in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky, which she says is "constantly shelled" and cut off from food and water.

Three days later she tells me the two who were killed were a husband and wife. She knew them well.

They were bringing home a bag of food from the closest neighbouring town of Radensk, 23km (14 miles) away, but were unable to get home before a curfew imposed by Russian occupation authorities.

They were then killed by a drone. Four separate sources have confirmed the deaths of two civilians carrying food on 20 September.

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