Jeanette Jalil

And in the immediate aftermath of that, the world was horrified to see images of civilians who were shot and their bodies left in the street.

and then the uncovering of a mass grave just a few weeks later.

No one quite knows how many people were killed here, but it was probably many hundreds.

I'm at a cemetery just on the edge of Bucha where people have come this morning to commemorate the soldiers who died.

both in those few weeks, but also in the four long years since.

And as I walk up and down the row of headstones here, each one with a face of a soldier, I can see dates from 2022 onwards.

And there are many, many places like this.

You are constantly struck by the sheer human cost of what has happened here over the last four years.

And Paul, we heard President Zelensky say that this is the fourth anniversary of the Russian president taking Kiev in three days.

Those words are a reminder of how Ukraine, despite all its suffering, has defied the odds.

Yes, it has.

I mean, who would have thought it?

There was an assessment that the country would fall, that Kyiv would fall within a matter of days, the government of President Zelensky would be removed, and it would all be over.

Of course, President Zelensky famously decided to stay.

He said what he needed was ammunition, not a ride out of town.

And the country rallied around him and around their own sense of identity.

And they have continued to fight ever since.

They have found it difficult, always believing that they were not getting quite enough support from their Western allies.

But the fight continues.

Russia's progress in the east is glacial.