Tomorrow the United States will impose sanctions on Russia for this clear violation of international law and Ukraine`s sovereignty and territorial integrity. We can, will, and must stand united in our calls for Russia to withdraw its…

Putin wants the world to travel back in time, time before the United Nations, time where empires ruled the world. The rest of the world has moved forward. It`s not 1919. It`s 2022.

Just now my Russian counterpart made assertions without evidence to demonstrate their efforts to create a pretext for conflict. And it is alarming. It is revealing. And it is shameful. Every U.N. member state has a stake in what comes next.

President Biden issued an executive order today, that will prohibit new investment, trade and financing in the so-called DPR and LPR regions. Tomorrow, the United States will take further measures to hold Russia accountable for this clear…

Putin wants the world to travel back in time, to a time before the United Nations, to a time when empires ruled the world. But hat the rest of the world has moved forward. It is not 1919. It is 2022.

I also have made the point over and over again to our colleagues that this is not a Cold War confrontation between Russia and the United States that this is about the U.N. Charter, is about the values that we all have signed on to, to be…

We want to pursue a diplomatic solution. And we`re going to lean in on the diplomacy.

Why would you put 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine if you had no intention of invading that country?

The threats of aggression on the border of Ukraine. Yes, on its border is provocative. Our recognition of the facts on the ground is not provocative. The provocations from Russia not from us or other members of this council.

This is the largest -- this is the largest -- hear me clearly -- mobilization of troops in Europe in decades. And, as we speak, Russia is sending even more forces and arms to join them. If Russia further invades Ukraine, none of us will be…

We must have the courage to insist on reforms that make the U.N. efficient and effective, and the persistence to see reforms through.

yes, it is uncomfortable sitting side by side with these people, but it is as uncomfortable for them to be sitting next to us and for us to be calling them out