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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
During the concluding G20 Finance ministers' press conference in Bangaluru, the secretary in charge of the Indian Department of Economic affairs, Ajay Seth, says that "all 18 countries felt that the war has got implications on the global economy" and needed to be mentioned. Only China and Russia did not want to sign up to the wording on Ukraine. G20 host India has also refused to condemn Russia, which is New Delhi's biggest arms supplier and has become a major source of oil for India since the invasion. SOUNDBITE
Images show Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President of the United States Joe Biden as the latter pays a surprise visit to Kyiv ahead of the first anniversary of Russia's invasion. The two leaders, with air raid sirens sounding in the background, visit the St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in the Ukrainian capital, where they honour the memory of fallen Ukrainian defenders. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says that he would be ready to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin but only "if he is looking for a way to end the war." SOUNDBITE
Indonesian President Joko Widodo tells G20 members they must avoid another world war as he opens a leaders' summit dominated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in Bali. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron calls for Paris and Beijing to unite against the war in Ukraine as he begins a meeting with China's leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali. SOUNDBITE
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