in the process of pushing russian troops out of this area, hoping to silence putin's guns and restore calm to this once quaint suburb. so far, those guns certainly aren't silent from what we're hearing now. one thing i did hear today, i spoke to the defense ministry of ukraine and the interior ministry. they said they have some indication that some russian units might be leaving the area around kyiv and going towards belarus. however, first of all, they don't believe that's some sort of larger drawdown and they certainly don't think it's a good will gesture by the russians towards ukraine. they say quite frankly, the russians got beat here and now they're licking their wounds and drawing some of their forces back. >> thank you so much. turning now to southern ukraine and the battle for the coastline along the black sea. the kremlin claims it might shift its focus have cities like odesa on heightened alert.