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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
The Red Cross demands a halt to all military operations around a Russian-held nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, warning the consequences of a strike could be "catastrophic". "It is high time to stop playing with fire and instead take concrete measures to protect this facility and others like it from any military operations," Robert Mardini, director general of the ICRC, tells reporters in Kyiv. SOUNDBITE
Finnish Prime minister Sanna Marin says Europe needs to 'stop together financing Putin's war machine' and confirms Finland is sending 'approximately 70 million euros' to help Ukraine resist Russia's invasion, the leader said on the sidelines of a donor conference hosted in the Polish city of Warsaw. SOUNDBITE AND SOUNDBITE from Sanna Marin in Warsaw
During a press conference in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he has to talk to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putein as "there are no other ways to stop this war." SOUNDBITE
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made a personal appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to stop his troops from entering Ukraine at an emergency Security Council meeting Wednesday night. SOUNDBITE
Emma Bunton has revealed what the future holds for the Spice Girls and insisted they will tour and perform when the time is right.