to protect life, it is to protect their cultural fabric here. people have volunteered into the army, the national guard, on every street corner as you saw earlier the barricades. it's sad to see in one way. it's heartening to see a city rallying around to protect itself. as i said, there is no idea when or if this will be attacked. but we know it is high on vladimir putin's list. he will eventually want to take it. the question is, can the odesans put up a fight to protect themselves. >> all right. nick, thank you. well, despite russia's advances, its army has suffered some high profile losses, in particular, its military generals. we can get more on this, our correspondent is in lviv. good morning to you, ali, what do we know about the losses incurred by the russian