Food and medical supplies have been scarce for months in Oleshky, which sits on the Dnipro River that separates Ukrainian forces from the city’s Russian occupiers. There’s no electricity, heat or running water. The roads around it are mined. Menacing drones buzz overhead. The city of 24,000, seized on the first day of the 4 1/2-year-old war, now has fewer than2,000 people. Some residents are fleeing on foot, walking for miles at their own peril. Oleshky now faces a humanitarian crisis. Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for the catastrophe. As another harsh winter looms, there is no agreement for a humanitarian evacuation.
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FILE - Lake Mead is seen on Sept. 3, 2026, in Boulder City, Nev. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Volunteers distribute drinking water to people impacted by drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Pathmini Ariyadasa walks with her daughter through her drought hit eggplant field in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) is this eggplant
Pathmini Ariyadasa removes a container from her drought hit vegetable field in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
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A water tanker fills a pond for animals during a drought in Yala National Park in Yala, Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
A wild elephant roams as safari jeeps carrying tourists approach in Yala National Park in Yala, Sri Lanka, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Hemapala Mallika fills a pot with water she drew from a depleted well due to drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Vidanaarachchige Wimalasuriya sits under a tree in his paddy field, where his crops failed weeks ago due to drought in Medirigiriya, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)