Antony Blinken: “First, Russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack.”

The response we got was unfortunately not the yes that we were looking for. A yes that virtually the entire world has given.

It is vital that we provide a better choice, and we do that by doing a few things.

Because of the actions we have taken the United States is stronger economically, diplomatically, and militarily than we were 3 years ago.

We can use these instruments to facilitate the private sector playing the role.