remaining residents trying to go about their daily lives. a large part of city's historic center is transformed into a fortified zone with antitank barricades, bracing for an amphibious attack from russian troops, from the black sea. it's a ghost town. residents of odesa would normally be holding the april fools parade on this street in the heart of this city. it's a parade that started years ago in response to soviet censorship. but now this area of odesa is completely fortified, and this year there will be no parade. instead, civilian volunteers and activists are mobilizing to support the war effort. so we're in a bomb shelter in odesa. this is where they're making bulletproof vests. we meet this man sealing the steel plates for homemade armored vests for front line soldiers. we've heard that russian forces