Antony Blinken actually said...
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 against Russian planes or our soldiers on the ground in Ukraine. Because for everything we are doing for Ukraine, the president also has a responsibility to not get us into a direct conflict, a direct war with Russia, a nuclear power, and risk a war that expands even beyond Ukraine to Europe. That`s clearly not our interest. What we are trying to do is and this war in Ukraine, not start a larger one.
03/07/2022