What is different is the hundreds of millions of dollars the Russians are investing in media penetration around the world.
Samantha Power
The Public Record
The Russians are trying to weaponize food and we are... responding in a different way.
We need all countries to keep their food and agricultural markets open and avoid export bans on food and fertilizer.
As Putin attempts to dismantle one of the world's largest breadbaskets, it is imperative that we work to rebuild it.
The United States Congress, reflecting the great decency of the American people, has helped mobilize an unprecedented response to an unprecedented crisis.
Well, the first thing is we can't just accept that Russia is going to block the export of 50 million tonnes of grain.
The Congress, in the United States, has come together, in a bipartisan way, and allocated $4.3 billion, in supplemental funding, to help the people of Ukraine.
It's really bad, Anderson. There's no way around it. It was bad, before Putin launched this gratuitous and brutal invasion.
Well, it's a farce, what they're saying. And our eyes, the testimonies, of individuals, on the ground, the vast numbers of people displaced, all are evidence of the falsehoods that Russia seeks to propagate.
I think you see that this is America putting a man on the moon again and people are experiencing American science, American innovation, and American generosity firsthand.
There is not one aspect of USAID's programming that is not now touched by climate change.
For 16 straight years, we've seen the number of people living under democratic rule decline--the world is now less free and less peaceful than at any point since the Cold War.