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Because Vitkov says the opposite.
I met with your group more often than with the Russians.
That is what he says.
Indeed, I have had many meetings with the President Trump, while President Trump has only one meeting with Putin.
My opinion, they should stop the Russians, not try to please them, because they will lie anyway.
They care only about themselves and their own interests.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky talking to our international editor, Jeremy Bowen.
Now to Italy, where the closing ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games is taking place at the Olympic Arena in Verona.
As always, the Games were packed with big moments.
Norway's cross-country ski champion, Johannes Ursula Klebo, won a record six gold medals in a single Winter Games, a feat the 29-year-old is just beginning to comprehend.
Our correspondent Sarah Mulkerins was at the game.
She told us what the highlights have been for her.
Staying in Italy, a hilltop town in Umbria is preparing to welcome hundreds of thousands of Christian pilgrims over the next few weeks.
They'll descend on the town to see the remains of St Francis of Assisi, which are going on public display for the first time since his death 800 years ago.
The medieval monk is a significant figure in Christian history and was particularly admired by the late Pope Francis.
Pete Ross gave more details to my colleague Alex Ritson.
Giovanni di Pietro di Barnadoni, more popularly known as Francis of Assisi, died in the 13th century.
Up until now, Alex, the remains of the medieval friar, who's inspired generations of Christians, have been held hidden from view at the Basilica of St Francis in his Umbrian hometown of Assisi.
On Saturday, his bones, which were held in a reliquary, which is a special container used to house holy relics, were transferred in procession from the crypt to the lower church and put at the main altar.
Now, while this is the first time they're going on display to the public, St Francis' remains have periodically been inspected over the years by Franciscan friars who have done it for sort of conservation purposes, I guess, to make sure they're all right.