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The live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. Here are the updates for February 20:
- Joe Biden has made an unannounced wartime visit to Ukraine in a show of support ahead of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
- The United States president has promised $500m of additional military aid to Kyiv and further sanctions against Russia, saying President Vladimir Putin’s war plans are “plain wrong”.
- The Kremlin accuses Moldova’s leaders of pursuing an anti-Russian agenda amid mounting tensions between the two countries.
- China’s top diplomat is due in Moscow for talks after the US warned Beijing against providing weapons to Russia.