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The US president told alliance leaders in Madrid that Washington will enhance its "force posture in Europe", with additional air, sea and land resources.
Dozens of bodies have been found on the streets and in mass graves after Russian troops retreated from the devastated town of Bucha, laying bare the horrors of a 40-day war that has killed thousands. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of war crimes and "genocide" and is seeking stronger international pressure on Russia. The Kremlin has denied responsibility and suggested that images of the corpses in Bucha were "fakes".
Biden has been invited to attend a meeting of the European Council to discuss the situation of Ukraine with the 27 member states.View on euronews
US President Joe Biden brands his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a "dictator" during his State of the Union address, one week after Moscow invaded Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
In a press conference with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, Russian President Vladimir Putin downplays any potential threat posed by military drills on Ukraine's borders, insisting they "are purely defensive in nature and do not threaten anyone". Putin also claims that there is a "deterioration of the situation" in the Donbass.