Victoria Nuland: “Today Ukraine is central to our 25-year effort for a 'Europe whole, free and at peace.'”

We never preclude peace. That is what we are about.

It was a division of labor, if I may say, after--when the airport first opened where allies were doing the flying.

It is on me. It will not happen again. I apologize.

We and our partners continue to make clear to the warring parties led by these two generals that there can be no military solution to this crisis and negotiations are the only way forward.