is stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: we have a special report from mariupol in eastern ukraine a vital port on the frontline if russia attacks. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i m terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way,
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quite tragic news, we can t independently confirm it, but the local administration there is saying this a total of 19 people have been killed in the clashes that have broken out, presumably since russian troops tried to get in to the city. bangs have been heard, loud expl explosions, buildings have reportedly been on fire. it is deeply chilling moment for those inside there, and kherson is, as i say, possibly a sign of what we re going to see along the black sea coast now. next to it is mykolaiv, a vital thriving port. we were there over the weekend, intense explosions across the skyline, concerns that russians are simply pressing on that town, again and again, until they get in. and that brings us to here, jim, odesa, third largest city in ukraine, utterly vital port and infrastructure, real fears here among the local population there are russian ships on the horizon. the defense ministry said there are russian ships on the waters of the black sea, preparing a
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translator: they are preparing to bomb odessa. russian people always used to come to odessa and they only knew warmth and generosity. and what s now actually bombs against odessa. this will be a war crime. this will be historical crime. let s get to cnn s nick payton walsh who joins us from odessa. nick, give us a sense of what you re seeing on the ground and odessa, it s a vital port? reporter: yeah, we have been hearing for days of the possibility of maybe an amphibious or naval a salt against this third largest city in ukraine. it s maritime to the outside world. you can t control ukraine if you don t have odessa as part of that. but so far throughout the night and this morning with horizontal snow a moment ago, it has been quiet. not the case, though, from where you just saw the report. at 5:00 this morning, a number
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