cutting off ukraine from the sea. let s pick up there from what frank was saying about odesa there s fears of an amphibious assault, as he said. but there are also russian troops heading towards troops heading towards the city of kherson, and there s russian troops permanently stationed in transnistria an unrecognised breakaway area in moldova taken by russian backed separatists in 1992. so odesa is preparing to be hit from all sides. i m joined now by sergiy tetyukhin the deputy mayor of odesa. thank you forjoining us. we are seeing what is happening in mariupol and concerns about a port city being hit and there are also concerns about odesa facing a similar fate. tell us what is happening on the ground.