On the frontline of the Russian war in Ukraine, within Russian-occupied territory, lies the town of Oleshky.
Its 2,000 remaining residents are effectively cut off in no-man’s land, slowly starving and freezing.
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Their plight has, for Ukrainians, become a symbol of the hardship of occupation.
We spoke exclusively to people who have made it out on foot, running the gauntlet of mines and drones before travelling through Russia, Belarus and back into Ukraine itself.
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