Civilians are trapped without food, water and power in a Russian-held city on Ukrainian front line | AP News

Civilians remaining in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied city on Ukraine's southeastern front line, face hunger and disease with no electricity, water, or reliable aid as winter approaches. Fewer than 2,000 people remain of the pre-war population of about 24,000, and escape requires walking a mined route known as the road of death. Ukraine and Russia blame each other for blocking a humanitarian evacuation, and recent appeals, including one from Pope Leo XIV to Putin, have not produced an agreement.