Antony Blinken: “Putin is very much trying to take advantage of the Hamas attack on Israel in the hopes that it will distract us...”

I can't go into the details of our conversations today except to say that our Egyptian counterparts were in communication with Hamas as early, as recently as a few hours ago.

The U.S. government was concerned Beijing was considering augmenting its support for Russia with 'everything from ammunition to the weapons themselves.'

Today, Secretary Blinken said that, now, they mostly want to see is 'people being able to return their homes.'

The United States and other world leaders stand by that comprehensive proposal that President Biden laid out 10 days ago.