ukraine in the western part of the country, nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin. erin, we just talked about the ukrainian city of kherson, the first major city to fall to russian forces on wednesday after days of intense fighting that left at least 300 civilians dead. the city was left without power, little water, limb imed food according to the mayor. you spoke what resident who survived the attack. tell us about that conversation. reporter: hey, mika. well, yesterday i was in constant contact with the citizens of kherson, and they re absolutely terrified. yesterday was the first day actually that they felt comfortable enough to go out to get food, to get supplies, and that was only after their mayor struck a deal with the russian occupying forces, posting the