Linda Thomas-Greenfield actually said...

Russia is the aggressor here. Russia's attack on Ukraine is tantamount to an attack on the U.N. and every member state in the chamber tonigh...

Every day Russians should be asking themselves right now, how many Russian lives Putin will sacrifice for his cynical ambitions?

the United States and our allies and partners will continue to respond to his actions with unity, with clarity and with conviction.

We said that Russia would manufacture a pretext for an attack.