Antony Blinken actually said...

"if Russia stops fighting this war ends today, but if Ukraine stops fighting Ukraine ends."

"This was not a choice of which American to bring home. The choice was one or none."

"I wholeheartedly wish that we could have brought Paul home, today, on the same plane, as Brittney."

"The United States does not and will never recognize any of the Kremlin`s claims to sovereignty over parts of Ukraine that it seized by force and now purports to incorporate into Russia. This territory..."