-year-old brother was one of the many victims. now, russia is starving out cities like mary opal. it is shameful. the world is saying to russia, stop these attacks immediately. let the food and medicine in. let the people out safely and end this war of choice against the ukraine. >> for the latest from ukraine we go to nbc's cal perry in lviv. cal, what were the highlights of today's day and combat and what are people expecting next? >> so, starting in the east of the country which is where we are seeing the war continue on unabated, those black sea cities from cure sean, which is on the western tip of the black sea, to marry-able which is on the eastern tip. we are seeing cities surrounded and bond into dust. those are the words of the local mayor in one of those cities. maria poll we heard from the energy sector is now completely cut off. it's cut off. the power will not come back on in that city. certainly not anytime soon.