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US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union address that Ukraine is capable of stopping Putin if the US provides Kyiv the "weapons it needs to defend itself." SOUNDBITE
The United Nations urges restraint by all parties in eastern Ukraine amid fresh shelling that violates a ceasefire under the Minsk Agreement. SOUNDBITE
The United States is "increasingly" worried by Russia's troop build-up on the Ukrainian border and about fighting between Moscow-backed separatists and Ukrainian troops, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters. Russian troop presence on Ukraine border highest "than at any time since 2014," she adds. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden, under intense scrutiny over his fitness to serve, accidentally introduces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as Russian strongman Vladimir Putin at a NATO ceremony before correcting himself. SOUNDBITE
The United States calls on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to emphasize Ukraine's territorial integrity as he meets in Russia with President Vladimir Putin on the eve of a NATO summit in Washington. "We would urge India, as we do any country which engages with Russia, to make clear that any resolution to the conflict in Ukraine needs to be one that respects the UN Charter with respect to Ukraine's territorial integrity, Ukraine's sovereignty," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
During a joint presser with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, US President Joe Biden says that Ukraine deal shows Putin 'we're not backing down'. IMAGES