{
  "id": 16778960,
  "title": "Starving residents of Oleshky must not become props in Russian propaganda",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/starving-residents-of-oleshky-must-not-become-props-in-russian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T17:37:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Kyiv Independent",
    "slug": "kyiv-independent",
    "url": "https://kyivindependent.com/starving-residents-of-oleshky-must-not-become-props-in-russian-propaganda/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For months, desperate civilians remaining in the southern Ukrainian city of Oleshky have been blockaded inside, as Russia severed food and medicine supplies to the city amid constant shelling, food shop closures, and reports of looting; many of the city's elderly and less mobile residents have been forced to forage for weeds and eat grass in order to simply survive. Oleshky is starving. The…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}