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French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visit Irpin, a battle-damaged suburb of Ukraine's capital, in a show of support for the country at war with Russia. IMAGES
During a press conference in Brussels, US top diplomat Antony Blinken says it is likely Russian forces are carrying out more "atrocities" in areas they occupy in Ukraine after revelations of killings in the town of Bucha. SOUNDBITE
Residents of the pro-Russian rebel stronghold Donetsk say they have doubts a ceasefire planned for midnight will be fully implemented. Nathan Frandino reports.
Sweden joining NATO shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of weakening the alliance, its chief Jens Stoltenberg says. The Kremlin's invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under NATO's defence umbrella, but now "Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before," Stoltenberg adds. SOUNDBITE
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
NATO forces cross the Vistula River at Korzeniewo in Poland as part of the US-led defence alliance's Exercise Dragon 24, involving around 4,500 soldiers and almost 1,000 vehicles. Dragon 24 is itself part of Exercise Steadfast Defender 24, NATO's largest military exercise since the Cold War, which is designed to test its defences in the face of Russia's war on Ukraine. IMAGES