(Reuters) - U.S. President Joe&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;made an unannounced visit to&nbsp;Kyiv&nbsp;on Monday, promising to stand with&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;as long as it takes, on a trip timed to upstage the Kremlin ahead of the one-year anniversary of&nbsp;Russia's&nbsp;invasion.
DIPLOMACY
*&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;promised new military aid for&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;worth $500 million during the visit to&nbsp;Kyiv&nbsp;and said more sanctions would be announced this week against the Russian elite and companies.&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;later arrived in&nbsp;Warsaw, television footage showed.
*&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;is scheduled to meet in&nbsp;Warsaw with Poland's President Andrzej Duda, along with other leaders of countries on NATO's eastern flank.
* China told the United States to keep out of its relationship with Russia, just as Beijing's top diplomat prepared for a visit to Moscow with proposals for a political settlement to the&nbsp;war.
* The United States and&nbsp;Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy&nbsp;warned China against supporting Russia. Zelenskiy said doing so would bring on a world&nbsp;war.
* Later, Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that a world order based on rules and humanity depends on how events play out in his county.
*&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;is hoping to clinch a multi-year support programme of at least $15 billion, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said after meeting International Monetary Fund head Kristalina Georgieva.
* EU members are due to approve the 10th package of sanctions against Russia this week, EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said.
* More than 30 countries, including the United States, Britain and France, pledged their support for banning Russian and Belarusian athletes from competing in international sporting events, a British government statement said.
FIGHTING
* Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of&nbsp;Russia's&nbsp;mercenary group Wagner, accused unspecified officials of deliberately denying his fighters sufficient ammunition as part of an ongoing rivalry between himself and parts of the Russian elite.
* Zelenskiy said in an interview published at the weekend that&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;would maintain its months-long defence of the eastern city of Bakhmut, mindful of the price paid in human lives.
ANNIVERSARY
*&nbsp;Ukraine's Zelenskiy has defied Putin against the odds, a year into&nbsp;war.
* Putin, secure in power, has set the stage for a long and draining&nbsp;war.
* A year on from&nbsp;Russia's&nbsp;invasion, the country and its government have not just survived. They&rsquo;ve fought back.
* Toughened by&nbsp;war's scars,&nbsp;Kyiv&nbsp;presses on while Russia attacks
* Hairdresser by day, drone hunter by night helps defend skies over&nbsp;Ukraine
* Russian defence chief keeps job despite&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;routsthanks to Putin
OPINION
* BREAKINGVIEWS-Even a weak Russia is a problem for Europe
* BREAKINGVIEWS-Ukraine&nbsp;yet to make defence a safe investor haven
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(Compiled by Reuters editors)

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