By the grace of God, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. We all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time.

By the grace of God, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. Mr. Putin must stop this madness. And he must stop it now.

The world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. Mr. Putin must stop this madness.

The United States remains highly concerned that Russian military forces controlling the Chernobyl site have not permitted operators there to have a shift change since last week. This is highly irresponsible behavior and causes grave…

To the Russian soldiers sent to the front lines of an unjust, unnecessary war, I say, your leaders are lying to you. Do not commit war crimes. Do everything you can to put down your weapons and leave Ukraine.

It appears Russia is preparing to increase the brutality of its campaign against Ukraine. We have seen videos of Russian forces, moving exceptionality, lethal weaponry and to Ukraine, which has no place on the battlefield. That includes…

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 tonight.

The people of Ukraine are counting on us, let`s not let them down.

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

We are here tonight because we believe, along with Ukraine, that a full scale further invasion into Ukraine by Russia is imminent.

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

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