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Vladimir Putin takes off from Geneva after a US-Russia summit that the Russian president described as "constructive". IMAGES
Images show security and police around the Villa La Grange in Geneva, Switzerland as the historic 18th-century villa is set to hold a summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. IMAGES
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
Washington urges Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate "in good faith" on US detainees Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan. "So far, we've seen them refuse to take us up on our proposals, and we hope that they will change the way they've handled this going forward," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warns European leaders that Russia's Vladimir Putin would exploit any failure to agree to launch his country's EU membership talks. "People in Europe won't see any benefit if Moscow receives a pass from Brussels in the form of negativity towards Ukraine. Putin will surely use this against you personally and against all of Europe," Zelensky tells an EU summit by videolink. SOUNDBITE ++ TEXT 347R2JH