Antony Blinken

The United States does not and will never recognize any of the Kremlin`s claims to sovereignty over parts of Ukraine that it seized by force and now purports to incorporate into Russia. This territory is and will remain Ukrainian.

My dad was 96 years old. He was, in so many ways, my role model.

It is very important that Moscow hear from us and know from us that the consequences would be horrific.

The very international order that we have gathered here to uphold is being shredded before our eyes. We cannot -- we will not -- allow President Putin to get away with it.

We have a real stake in upholding these principles if they can really defend them against those who would seek to dilute them, diminish them, eliminate them, mostly I`m anxious to hear from all of our colleagues who have in various ways…

The sham referendum, the potential mobilization of additional forces is a sign of strength? On the contrary it`s a sign of weakness. It`s a sign of Russian failure.

Secretary Blinken emphasized bringing Brittney Griner home as an absolute priority, adding the verdict puts a spotlight on our significant concerns with Russia's legal system and the Russian government's use of wrongful detentions to…

We are not going to be negotiating over Ukraine, because we`re not going to negotiate Ukraine`s fate without Ukraine in the room.

We`re very focused on getting Brittney and Paul home. This is something we are working every single day. And most of the time were working it quietly and behind the scenes for obvious reasons. And I would say, just because you don`t see us…

In the coming days, I expect to speak with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov for the first time since the war began. I plan to raise an issue that`s a top priority for us. The release of Americans Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner, who have…

In the coming days, I expect to speak with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov for the first time since the war began. I plan to raise an issue that`s a top priority for us, the release of Americans, Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner, who have…

It is time to start treating Africa as the major geopolitical player it has become.

We saw in him something rare, a man of vision who has had the ability to realize that vision.

Action is crucial because the current crisis is one that no individual country or even group of countries can solve alone.

A world of zero risk is not a world in which American diplomacy can deliver.

The Ukrainians have given us assurances that they will not use these systems against targets on Russian territory.

the brutalization of the country and what is being done to the Ukrainian people by this Russian aggression are horrific.

Thank you for having me here today to speak about the Administration's proposed budget for the State Department.

I do not believe that we've been able to verify that use.

We have to continue to drive this diplomacy forward; also, to seize the strategic opportunities and address some of the risks that are presented by Russia's overreach.

a sovereign, independent Ukraine is going to be around a lot longer than Vladimir Putin will be on the scene.

thanks to the extraordinary courage of the Ukrainians, he has already failed.

I am determined that we bring him home, as well. We are not letting up in that effort in the least.

I want to commit to you, and to every member of this committee, that we will continue to be relentless in bringing every single one of them home.

I think we have strongly felt the need for what you have suggested, and others have suggested, is a more comprehensive strategy to approach this.