a port city with half 1 million residents in southeastern ukraine. a new york times reporter in the city tonight says air raid serum started blaring there at 8 pm, shortly before the city was pounded by several artillery strikes. there were no immediate reports of casualties or white damage may have been caused. the city is just about 200 miles northeast of crimea, and importantly about 80 miles from odessa, another port that sits on the black sea. because of the proximity, mykolaiv it s become a strategic target. it could become a doorway to odessa. putin s forces have been targeting civilian areas of the city, leveling houses and pushing thousands of residents or evacuate. ukrainian forces are fighting back as russian soldiers have been peppering the town with firepower and missiles, killing hundreds of ukrainian soldiers and civilians. local officials say that more than 120 people have been killed so far, and some