You know, we were all speechless. We had all seen various videos showing atrocities but they all covered up the real -- you know, the real people that were there. They were all blurred. This was the first time I had seen that video without the bodies being blurred and it was horrific. And there was silence in the room. I can tell you that people were horrified and it was an extraordinarily effective message to give to the Security Council to confirm the atrocities that we all know have been carried out in Ukraine by the Russians.
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Thomas-Greenfield reacts to the graphic video shown at the U.N. Security Council regarding Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
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