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European foreign policy chief Josep Borrell gives a press conference in Capri, Italy, ahead of the Foreign Affairs Ministers' Meeting in which he says that the Western countries "have to take quicker decisions in order to support Ukraine more because we cannot afford Putin's victory in Ukraine." SOUNDBITE
Speaking outside the Royal Warsaw Castle, US President Joe Biden refutes the claims made by Russian President Putin that the West sought to harm Russia. "The United States and the nations of Europe do not seek to control or destroy Russia" he says, "the West was not plotting to attack Russia." Biden's comments come after a surprise visit to Kyiv earlier in the week, ahead of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24. SOUNDBITE
US President, Joe Biden, says "our support for Ukraine will not waver", addressing a crowd in Warsaw, the Polish capital. Speaking after a visit to Kyiv earlier in the week, Biden says "the Ukrainian people's love for their country will prevail." SOUNDBITE
"Our determination has not changed, and we are ready to maintain this effort for the long term" says French president Emmanuel Macron in a video address to participants in the Crimea Platform conference in Kyiv. (COMPLETES VIDI32GY6DA_EN AND VIDI32GY4ZY_EN) SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron continues his meetings with European leaders and meets with the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu at the Élysée Palace in Paris. IMAGES
More than 5,000 people rally in Moldova's capital Chisinau against legislation that would limit the powers of the newly elected pro-European president Maia Sandu. IMAGES