There in the donbas region. but it does not look like this is going to be an easy fight. the ukrainians have far from given up. although, as you mentioned earlier, john, the anticipation is now that the city of mariupol will likely fall in the coming days. they are continuing to bombard that city. the azov stahl steel plant are wear they are hunkered down. we spoke to a driver in mariupol a couple weeks before the war began. he told us both of his parents had been killed in that city, and he has no way to go back there and bury them. . there are so many people in that situation. it s horrific. clarissa, thank you so much for that report from us from dnipro. joining us now is alex who plays professional basketball in ukraine. and he witnessed the bombings