Antony Blinken actually said...

"The United States has an enduring interest in the Black Sea region and we are working on a strategy that will strengthen our political, security, economic, and energy cooperation with the region and p..."

"Russia continues to use global food supplies as a weapon of war."

"The first set is posed by our strategic competitors--the immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructively through its brutal war against Ukraine."

"Haven't we now reached a point where, frankly, we have to understand we are entering a period of geopolitical competition bordering on conflict?"