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Hello, I'm Ankara to Sai, and in the early hours of Tuesday, the 24th of February, these are our main stories.

There have been more Russian attacks on Ukraine on the fourth anniversary of Moscow's

full-scale invasion. Mexico deploys thousands of troops to maintain order after the country's

most wanted cartel leader known as El Mentiono was killed on Sunday. And Britain's former ambassador

in Washington, Peter Mandelson. It's been questioned by police after being arrested over his dealings with the late American sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein.

Also in this podcast, a major storm in the U.S. causes travel disruption and power cuts.

I'm sick of it. I don't want to see anymore. So visibility is like zero. I can't see

in front of my face right now. And I'm frozen. And could meditating twice a day reduce the risk

of cancer spreading? Today marks the fourth anniversary of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.

Despite predictions that the war would be all over in days, fierce Ukrainian resistance

has thwarted the Kremlin's expansionist calculations.

Our diplomatic correspondent, Paul Adams, reflects on that dramatic day.

Four years ago today, in the hours before dawn, Ukrainians awoke to the sound of Russia's

all-out invasion. Here in Kiev, we could hear distant explosions. The attack, the subject

of repeated American and British warnings over a number of weeks, was underway.

That shocking day, which plunged Europe into the worst armed conflict since the

Second World War will be commemorated today. Events to mark the invasion and its immediate aftermath

are planned in places such as Boucher where Russian soldiers murdered scores of Ukrainian civilians.

Leaders and politicians are expected in the capital from all over Europe.

As Ukrainians emerge from one of the toughest winters so far, there's an overwhelming

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