Drones buzz overhead, troops hunker underground in Ukraine’s hellish Kill Zone

October 5, 2026 · 9:24 am 2 sources

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• Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve
  The New York Times · October 5, 2026 09:24
  Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones.
• Drones buzz overhead, troops hunker underground in Ukraine's hellish Kill Zone
  NPR · October 5, 2026 12:33
  The frontline in the Russia-Ukraine war stretches more than 700 miles and has barely moved in four years. Yet straddling this line is the Kill Zone, dominated by constantly evolving drone technology.