on the steel plant. and ukrainian forces claim that they are still holding out and the blue and yellow flag flying atopment cthe factory. cnn cannot confirm whether it is still there. and the southern region is vital in linking donbas to the east. and a senior official in moscow says the russian plan to stay will kherson forever, but the battle for the region hasn t stopped making life a nightmare for the residents. nick paton walsh has this report. reporter: both nothing and everything has changed here. the front lines have barely moved on the road to the southern city of kherson, first russia captured in the six weeks since we were last here. but instead, since then almost everything in between has been torn up by shelling that