The State Department called the move 'unprovoked and an escalatory step.'

The United States through the CIA and the State Department launched a devastating attack on Vladimir Putin back on February 17th. Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, expose the Russian plan to create disinformation operations, phony…

I think that's been a little bit of a warning for the White House, and also talking about the beginning of an attack, what that would look like and going into detail, just making clear, I think, to the Russians that they know what they are…

First, Russia plans to manufacture a pretext for its attack.

the threat is just as real today as it was several days ago when they were warning about how imminent it could be.

We haven't seen any signs of this, no meaningful de-escalation, and tonight, they are saying that the Russians are lying when they say that they are drawing down.

The ball was in Russia's court.

Due to the dramatic acceleration in the buildup of Russian forces.

We`re in a window when an invasion could begin at any time. any American citizens who remain in Ukraine should leave now.

The only person who can tell you what Putin will decide is Putin. We are at a fork in the road. We are prepared either way. All we can do is try to affect his calculus.

It's the Ukrainian authorities who are doing pretty much everything they are supposed to do over the Minsk Agreement and it is Russia that it is doing pretty much nothing of what it's supposed to do over that agreement.

A senior State Department official says that Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, but didn't give any indication that Russia will de-escalate from the Ukrainian border.