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Manchester United players and manager Ralf Rangnick join the calls for peace in Ukraine as they hold up a banner with Watford before kick-off at Old Trafford - with similar anti-war messages displayed around the Premier League

Manchester United and Watford players have protested against the Russian invasion of Ukraine by holding up a banner before their Premier League game.

United interim boss Ralf Rangnick held the banner which had the peace sign in the middle with the word peace in numerous languages around it.

Russian and Ukrainian were among the languages to be featured on the sign.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in the early hours of Thursday morning as Putin declared war.

On Saturday, defiant president Volodmyr Zelensky today said his country's army had successfully repelled Russian forces advancing on Kyiv and was in control of the capital after a night of brutal fighting that saw terrified residents seeking shelter underground.