Putin's war 'premeditated, unprovoked': Biden in State of Union speech

US president will seek to unite his country in solidarity with Ukraine in his speech while also focusing on his domestic economic agenda.

U.S. President Joe Biden will say on Tuesday that the West was ready for Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine and his administration is prepared with a plan to fight inflation, according to excerpts of his State of the Union address.

"Throughout our history we've learned this lesson - when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos. They keep moving. And, the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising," Biden will say, according to excerpts of his address released by the White House.

Biden will say that Putin eschewed efforts to prevent