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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 Red Cross demands a halt to all military operations around a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, warning the consequences of a strike could be "catastrophic". "It is high time to stop playing with fire and instead take concrete measures to protect this facility and others like it from any military operations," Robert Mardini, director general of the ICRC, tells reporters in Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
Finnish Prime minister Sanna Marin says Europe needs to 'stop together financing Putin's war machine' and confirms Finland is sending 'approximately 70 million euros' to help Ukraine resist Russia's invasion, the leader said on the sidelines of a donor conference hosted in the Polish city of Warsaw. SOUNDBITE AND SOUNDBITE from Sanna Marin in Warsaw
Dr. Herman Makarenko, conductor of the Kyiv Classic Orchestra says their concert on Kyiv's Maidan square is a concert "for peace" and asks that the world's governments heed President Volodymyr Zelensky's call to stop the war in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen said Friday the bloc was ready to hit Russia with more sanctions if President Vladimir Putin does not halt his war on Ukraine. SOUNDBITE