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A virtual summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Joe Biden begins, with Moscow's troop build-up on Ukraine's borders expected to dominate the talks. IMAGES
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
President Joe Biden firmly condemns Russia's war against Ukraine at the UN General Assembly after President Vladimir Putin made a veiled threat of using nuclear weapons. "Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the United Nations Charter," states President Biden. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden says that Russia's President Vladimir Putin had failed to divide the West with his war on Ukraine, emphasising that "NATO has never, never been more united than it is today." SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin had underestimated the powerful response his invasion of Ukraine would illicit from Western nations as sanctions upended Russia's economy. "He thought he could divide us at home....But Putin was wrong," Biden tells members of Congress during his State of the Union address. SOUNDBITE
Ukraine's foreign minister welcomes a French initiative for a summit between US President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin, saying Kyiv hopes it would result in Moscow pulling back its troops. SOUNDBITE
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