The alliance is strong. NATO is stronger than it`s ever been, and the European alliance and partnership with the United States is stronger than it`s ever been.

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 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.

We know the outcomes of these sham referenda were predetermined in Moscow. They, in no way, represent a legitimate expression of the will of the Ukrainian people. The will of the Ukrainian people is clear every day as they fight valiantly…

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.

So, we don`t want to treat them, even though they are a permanent member of the security council, they are not behaving with the responsibility that we would expect of a permanent member of the Security Council.

Every Iranian should have the right to protest and every woman in Iran should have the right to where what she wants to wear without having to themselves to these morality police.

First and foremost, it is to hold accountable those individuals in Iran responsible for committing human rights violations. And this is truly a horrific violation -- the killing of Amini, the blocking of individuals from their ability to…

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…

Well, first and foremost, the Russians need to understand that this is not going to be business as usual for them. They have attacked their neighbor. They have attacked the core -- the soul -- of the U.N. charter. They have attacked all of…

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.

It’s very difficult to take any of the five permanent members with veto rights over anything that goes on in the Security Council, it’s hard to get them off.