"We had a warm, candid, and productive discussion with President Zelenskyy and his team about the support that we`re providing and the capabilities that Ukraine needs."
"The U.S. goal is for Russia to be weakened militarily."
"We've got to 'Move at the speed of war.'"
"The U.S. would like to see Russia weakened, militarily, essentially that the U.S. wants to see Russia weakened, so much that it can't repeat, what we are seeing, happening, in Ukraine, now, in other a..."
"the U.S. goal is for Russia to be weakened militarily, saying today that the U.S. wants to make it harder for Russia to threaten its neighbors."
"In terms of our -- their ability to win, the first step in winning is believing that you can win. And so they believe that we can win. We believe that we can win -- they can win, if they have the righ..."
"We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can`t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine. So it has already lost a lot of military capability and a lot of its troops, qui..."
"We want to see Russia weakened, to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done, in invading Ukraine."
"Just because you have the capability, it doesn`t mean that you`re going to overwhelm another force easily. Now, the Russians have significant mechanized capability, but as you look at the techniques a..."
"The Russians thought that they could very quickly move in to Ukraine, capture the capital city and install their leader of choice, and they weren’t able to do that."
"They`re not being effective today in terms of their maneuver forces on the ground. They are essentially stalled. And it`s had the effect of him moving forces into wood chipper."