ser still up. now also as a symbol reinforcing ukraine's resistance against this increasingly harsh russian invasion. and standing tall. alex marquardt, cnn, in the kyiv region. let's take a closer look at the situation unfolding right now. joining us, cnn military analyst cedrick layton. russia clearly expanding assaults in various parts of the country. what is the latest you're seeing? >> so, wolf, laetzet's take a l this because it is important to see exactly how it all works in a larger context. so of course we have kyiv right here. this is the center of gravity. this is the area where the russians are concentrating a lot of efforts but there are other areas as well. there is the city of kharkiv and we just mentioned the city of kherson which apparently has fallen to the russians. now let's drive into deeper to kherson and take a look here at what is happening.