the wagner leader goes on to say that the war has been a disaster, needlessly sacrificing by seeding ukraine s resources. he says this is not a coup. they ve been shooting at us. they ve been shooting at us. they ve been shooting at us. they ve been shooting at them. it s been going on for eight long years on february 2a there was nothing extraordinary. now the russian defence ministry is trying to deceive the president and the public claiming there was insane aggression and that they were going to attack us along with the attire nato block. so the so called special military operation on february 24 military operation on february 2a was launched for a completely different reason. live now to vitaliy shevchenko from bbc monitoring. we are hearing reports of tightened security we are hearing reports of tightened security measures we are hearing reports of tightened security measures in moscow what are you hearing? what this means in practice is that troops seem to be deploye
the eurovision song contest final. hello. i m nancy kacungira. ukrainian president volodimir zelensky has arrived in the italian capital rome, where he ll meet italian political leaders and have an audience with the pope. we are showing you live shots at the president s residence in rome. italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni, has been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. mr zelensky tweeted that it was an important visit for what he said was the approaching victory for ukraine. those live pictures there, in rhyme. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. well, zelensky has said this is an important visit for his approaching victory. what message will he be trying to send? victory. what message will he be trying to send? president zelensky has landed in trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome about - tr
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we were really, really, really, really, really good until we were really rubbish and then we were 0k again. so that s it. in that period, obviously we can see it in different ways. in the moment when we let the players immediately what they can do and they were flying, and we had a similar game, they were really good and we controlled them for so long and obviously most important, yeah. somebody else can sort that next. played some really good stuff under pressure to get out and get in the front third. but whenever we came in the front third nothing came of it. the opposition got comfortable. if we were able to evenjust, you know, create a couple of goals or opportunities for ourselves, we would have maybe set back a little bit. i thought still in general but the guys coming on added some creativity and ritchie s presence up front, that helped us. tottenham failed to capitalise on aston villa s defeat earlier in the day at brighton. they lost 1 0 to a late joao pedro goal. he