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Residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson region, already devastated by the 2023 Kakhovka dam flooding, now face a worsening humanitarian catastrophe as the city has been cut off from food, electricity, and medicine in fall 2026. Roads out are mined and blocked by Russian troops, forcing civilians to risk their lives to find supplies or escape; Meduza and The Moscow Times report residents describe conditions where 'the smell of death is everywhere.'