To stay or risk the 'Road of Death' - Ukrainian civilians trapped in frontline city

To stay or risk the 'Road of Death' - Ukrainian civilians trapped in frontline cityJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJessica Parker,in KyivandPaul Brown,BBC VerifyTelegramPeople in Oleshky say fresh food supplies are rare and they have to rely on volunteers and aid groups"The road is mined. So, we're stuck here," says Ludmilla, over the phone from the rooftop of a fire-damaged house in southern Ukraine. "People are trying their best to survive."Her frontline home city of Oleshky has, according to multiple accounts, been largely cut off from fresh supplies of food or medicine for months.Ludmilla describes being trapped there, and watching it decaying before her eyes.Ukraine's commissioner for human rights has warned of a "humanitarian crisis."Some recent deliveries do seem to have gone through, organised by volunteers or aid groups. Photos seen by the BBC show a crowd of people, many of them elderly, apparently fetching fresh supplies in a city square.A relief even if prices were high, says Ludmilla, as people have had to forage for food in the abandoned homes of neighbours. Ludmilla is not her real name. Her name and the names of other residents who have spoken to the BBC have been changed to protect their identities.Pasta and tinned goods, she tells us, have become a key staple for the roughly 2,000 remaining population.Any attempt to leave Oleshky, say locals, is to gamble with your life along what's been dubbed "The Road of Death" - due to reports of heavy mining.Oleshky is imprisoned by both geography and war; cut off by a river and wrecked bridges to the north – and dangerous or impassable roads inland.All the while it is caught in the crossfire of opposing armies.The city lies on the left or east bank of the Dnipro river and has been under Russian occupation since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion.Ukrainian troops are dug in on the other side of the river, just outside Kherson...