Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “I will ensure our programming supports the upcoming December 23, 2018, elections to be free, fair, and credible.”

You know, we had 14 members of the security council today say to Russia, loudly and clearly, that`s what they are doing in Ukraine is unacceptable.

But 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 have held the doors open for meaningful diplomacy and we remain open to dialogue, real productive dialogue without preconditions.

President Putin miscalculated. He miscalculated how strong our partnership with Europe (INAUDIBLE), and he miscalculated NATO.