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Russian forces are starving Oleshky residents while shooting at food drones

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In the occupied town of Oleshky, thousands are trapped without water or electricity while Russia turns survival into a game of target practice.

Imagine being held in a town where the occupiers don't just block the exits, they actively hunt down the delivery guys bringing bread. Oleshky has essentially become a hostage camp where 2,000 people, including dozens of kids, are being starved out. Russia isn't even pretending it's about 'liberation'—they're stealing food and beating anyone who tries to get a humanitarian package.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military is turning into a logistics startup. Because they can't get trucks through, they are using swarms of drones to drop food directly into the town. It's a surreal technological workaround for a medieval siege tactic. But for every drone that makes it, the occupiers are trying to shoot them down or just seizing the supplies to resell them to the people they're starving.

It takes a special kind of villainy to get mad at a drone for bringing a loaf of bread to a child. War crimes have no statute of limitations, but that realization doesn't fill a stomach today.

Source: Ukrinform

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  1. Hot-Tempered Tractor
    this is beyond sick. imagine shooting a delivery drone bringing food to kids.
    +2 emotionalA heartfelt reaction to a situation that makes even the most cynical observer want to unplug the internet
  2. Odesa Odesite
    technological innovation born out of pure desperation. sad world.
    +1 boringA profound observation that manages to be as deep as a puddle in a drought
  3. Hot-Tempered Cossack
    what's the end game here? just pure misery?
    +1 jokeAsking for the end game in a tragedy is like asking for the punchline at a funeral
  4. Freedom-Loving Drone-Pilot
    the audacity to resell humanitarian aid is just peak scum behavior.
    +4 solidCorrectly identifying scum behavior is the only thing keeping our moral compass from spinning into oblivion