Antony Blinken actually said...

"The U.S. is talking with its European allies about banning all imports of Russian oil in what would be a devastating blow to the Russian economy."

"The president has been VERY clear about one thing all along as well, which is we are not going to put the United States in direct conflict with Russia, not have, you know, American planes flying again..."

"We’ve seen scenes like this before in Europe. Every Russian has lived or learned about the horrific siege of Leningrad during World War II... It’s shameful. The world is saying to Russia, stop these a..."

"The Ukrainians have plans in place that I'm not going to talk about or get into any details on to make sure that there is what we would call continuity of government one way or another."