Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “We also have to pay our dues if our influence is going to continue.”

basic humanitarian assistance should never be held hostage to political disagreements.

We have used the Security Council, we have used the General Assembly to isolate Russia, to condemn Russia, to kick Russia off of the Human Rights Council.

We certainly should look at what he`s doing in the same way. We saw the beginnings of what Hitler was doing. He has built a strategy around destroying a country, destroying a people, human rights violations have been committed, sexual…

So, now, let me be clear, the United States will never recognize any territory Russia attempts to seize or allegedly annex, as anything other than parts of Ukraine. We reject Russia's actions unequivocally.