Linda Thomas-Greenfield: “If confirmed, I will be both a defender of and advocate for U.S. standards, values, and interests.”

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.

We are stronger than we ever were before in terms of the European Union, NATO. All of this was not part of Putin`s plan. I think he thought that we would start to fray around the edges very, very quickly.

They will hear from the president of the United States at the podium of the General Assembly tomorrow a rebuke of their unprovoked actions against Ukraine.

We plan to have solid support for it. And then we will move it to the General Assembly if we have to, as we did in the past.