as russia moves forward. in the east, in the north or along the border with belarus and in the south in particular we are seeing intense activity. russian forces taking control of their first ukrainian city. that city in the middle of the southern border there. you see it kherson. the mayor of kherson confirming russian forces do have control saying that he has asked those russian force information a meeting at city hall not to shoot civilians and to give the people of kherson time to get, as he put it, bodies off of the street. we also hear that russian forces are moving via the black sea towards the critical port of odesa. that is a 300-mile straight shoot north then to kyiv. and it would appear that the russian aim here is to create this land bridge across the south and then press forward to kyiv, encircle it from the