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Russia launches huge overnight bombing of Ukraine

After Russia launches a further huge overnight bombardment on Ukraine, we'll hear from a professional sportsman-turned-soldier on the last four years of war.

*Ukraine says Russia has carried out another massive overnight attack, involving 50 missiles and nearly 300 drones.

Speaking two days before the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said the latest attacks targeted his country's energy sector as well as residential buildings.

We'll hear from a Ukrainian professional sportsman-turned-soldier on what the nearly four years of war have done to his country.

Also in the programme: The students protesting in Iran for the first time since last month's deadly crackdown; Canada and the US face off in the men's ice hockey final. And the Norwegian crowned the Winter Olympics' greatest ever athlete.

(Photo shows houses heavily damaged by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine on 22 February 2026. Credit: Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters)

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