'Putin was wrong. We were ready': Biden will say 'dictator wasn't ready' for US and NATO to respond to his invasion of Ukraine with sanctions and will BAN Russian aircraft from US airspace

• President Biden will say Biden is paying the price for his invasion of Ukraine in his State of the Union address
• 'He thought he could divide us here at home,' he will say. 'Putin was wrong. We were ready'
• Excerpts released by the White House include Biden saying that Putin underestimated the world's response
• And Biden is expected to announce a ban on Russian-owned and operated aircraft entering US airspace
• Earlier, Biden spoke with Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky for more than 30 minutes
• Zelensky urged him to deliver a decisive message as he pleaded for more help during a CNN interview 

President Joe Biden will use his State of the Union address on Tuesday to say that President Vladimir Putin underestimated NATO and the way the world would rally against his invasion of Ukraine. 

He is also expected to announce that the US is closing its air space to Russian aircraft, as the US allies act in concert to further tighten the economic noose around Moscow.

'Putin's war was premeditated and unprovoked. He rejected efforts at diplomacy,' he will say, according to excerpts released by the White House.

'He thought the West and NATO wouldn't respond. And, he thought he could divide us here at home.

'Putin was wrong. We were ready.'

With the world spotlight on him, Biden will refer to the Russian leader as a dictator and say he is paying the price for his aggression.

'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,' he will say according to excerpts released by the White House.

'And, the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising.

'That’s why the NATO Alliance was created to secure peace and stability in Europe after World War Two. The United States is a member along with 29 other nations.

'It matters. American diplomacy matters.'

With Ukraine battling Russian invaders for the sixth day, Biden will trumpet the united response of allies who have imposed sweeping sanctions and kept arms flowing to Kyiv. 

And he is expected to announce a ban on Russian-owned and operated planes entering US airspace.

An order could follow within the next 24 hours, the Wall Street Journal reported, and follows similar prohibitions by European and Canadian authorities.

The annual speech also gives him a chance to speak directly to the American people about how he plans to lead the country out of the COVID-19 pandemic and tackle inflation. 

'We have a choice. One way to fight inflation is to drive down wages and make Americans poorer. I have a better plan to fight inflation,' part of Biden's speech reads. 

'Lower your costs, not your wages. 

'Make more cars and semiconductors in America. More infrastructure and innovation in America.' 

White House officials had already teased that part of the speech. 

'The president will absolutely use the word inflation tomorrow and he will talk about inflation in his speech of course that is a huge issue on the minds of Americans,' said Press Secretary Jen Psaki a day earlier.

Specifically, Biden will call on Congress to increase the maximum Pell Grant award by $2,000, raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, and create a national paid family-leave program.

But Ukraine will be one of the major themes of the night.

Among First Lady Jill Biden's guests will be Oksana Markarova, Ukraine's ambassador to the US.

Earlier Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged President Joe Biden to deliver a decisive message.

'It's very serious ... I'm not in a movie,' Zelensky, a former comedy actor, said during an interview in his command bunker.

'I'm not iconic, I think Ukraine is iconic ... Ukraine is the heart of Europe, and now I think Europe sees Ukraine is something special for this world. That's why [the] world can't lose this something special.'

He said he wanted a strong and 'useful' message about Russia's invasion of Ukraine from the US president, and later tweeted that he had spoken to Biden by phone. 

The White House confirmed their conversation and said they had spoken for more than 30 minutes.  

Biden said in a tweet: 'I just spoke with President Zelensky to discuss our continued support for Ukraine - including security assistance and humanitarian aid - as it defends itself against Russian aggression. 

'We will hold Russia accountable, and our sanctions are already having a devastating impact.' 

It came after Russia warned civilians to leave the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and explosions erupted around the city's 1,300ft TV tower in the afternoon.

Several of the city's neighborhoods were under attack, according to local reports. The Kyiv Independent reported at 23:29 local time (21:29GMT) that Russian bombs had struck Vyshneve, a town outside the capital.

It also said the residential neighbourhoods of Rusanivka, Kurenivka and Boiarka - as well as the area near Kyiv International Airport - were coming under attack. Rusanivka in particular is very central.

But there was good news for the Ukrainian resistance. 

Some Russian soldiers are surrendering without a fight and Vladimir Putin's armored convoy has stalled amid fuel and supply problems, according to a Pentagon official who briefed reporters on Tuesday.   

'A lot of these soldiers are conscripts who have never been in combat before,' the official told reporters, according to CNN. 'Some of them, we believe, weren't even told they were gonna be in combat.' 

The advance remains 'basically…where it was yesterday,' the senior defense official said of the 40-mile armored column that was making its way towards Kyiv. It remains about 17 miles from the city center.  The official adding that as well as fuel issues the troops appeared to be running out of food.