it s almost medieval. you surround, cut off supplies, choke off and starve the local population, cutting off power too is the intent. tell us what it looks and feels like to be right in the middle of that. reporter: odesa, still a relatively busy city. we have utilities here. we saw today the sort of surreal sights of a holiday yacht club where rich russians would take their vacation in earlier times. instead, sand put into bags and human chains to cart off the center here to make barricade, hasn t seen the likes of since defending itself against nazis in 1940s but off to the east where i m standing that the russian play book, as you mentioned, jim, becoming more palpable. in kherson, days ago, locals after two or three days of looting, failed utilities, humanitarian catastrophe, insulin and other medicines