BREAKING: @StateDept @SecBlinken says he will not meet with #Russia FM Sergei Lavrov this week
"Not that we see the invasion [of #Ukraine] is beginning & Russia has made clear its wholesale rejection of diplomacy, it does not make sense"
"Not that we see the invasion [of #Ukraine] is beginning & Russia has made clear its wholesale rejection of diplomacy, it does not make sense"
.@SecBlinken says before informing #Russia's Lavrov that the meeting is off, he consulted with US allies, who are in agreement
"The UnitedStates and I personally remain committed to diplomacy if #Russia is prepared to take demonstrative steps to provide the int'l community with any degree of confidence that it is serious abt deescalating" per @SecBlinken
On #Russia's decision to recognize DNR & LNR regions as independent entities - "#Ukraine does not & will never recognize this absurdity. Neither will the world" per FM @DmytroKuleba
"In fact, what Putin recognized is not the so-called #Donetsk People's Republic & #Luhansk People's Republic. He recognized his direct responsibility for the war against #Ukraine" per FM @DmytroKuleba
"Hit #Russia economy hard & hit it now" urges #Ukraine FM @DmytroKuleba while mtg @SecBlinken at @StateDept
"Condemnations are important but it is actions that really matter now" per #Ukraine FM @DmytroKuleba, thanking US for standing w/#Kyiv
"We, our partners remain open to diplomacy but #Moscow's got to demonstrate that its serious" per @SecBlinken "The last 24 hours has demonstrated just the opposite"
#Russia-#Ukraine
#Russia-#Ukraine
"This has never been about #Ukraine & @NATO per se"
per @SecBlinken "What Pres Putin has made clear is that this is about the total subjugation of Ukraine to Russia. It's about reconstituting the #Russia|n empire"
per @SecBlinken "What Pres Putin has made clear is that this is about the total subjugation of Ukraine to Russia. It's about reconstituting the #Russia|n empire"
"No one but #Ukraine and @NATO will decide on the future of our relationship" per #Ukraine's @DmytroKuleba
Asked about evacuations, #Ukraine's @DmytroKuleba says #Kyiv has 2 plans
"Plan A is to utilize every tool of diplomacy to deter #Russia & prevent further escalation. And if that fails, Plan B is to fight for every inch of our land...until we win"
"Plan A is to utilize every tool of diplomacy to deter #Russia & prevent further escalation. And if that fails, Plan B is to fight for every inch of our land...until we win"
"There is no such thing as minor, middle or major invasion" per #Ukraine's @DmytroKuleba "Invasion is an invasion"
"This pressure should be continue to be stepped up" per #Ukraine's @DmytroKuleba re sanctions vs #Russia and Vladimir Putin
"We've not underestimated him" per @SecBlinken of #Russia's #Putin
"We've laid out for the world his entire playbook, a playbook that he is now following...We've had a very clear-eyed view of Pres. Putin all along"
"We've laid out for the world his entire playbook, a playbook that he is now following...We've had a very clear-eyed view of Pres. Putin all along"
"If #Russia pursues its aggression against #Ukraine, it will face the massive consequences that not only the #UnitedStates but virtually allies & partners made clear would follow" per @SecBlinken
"If and when Russia escalates, so will we"
"If and when Russia escalates, so will we"
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