inside russia. the invent of the discovery of a mass grave. a stage drone strike against civilian. even a real attack using chemical weapons. russia may describe this offense as ethnic cleansing or genocide, making a mockery of the concept that we in this chamber do not take lightly. russian missiles and bombs will drop across ukraine. communications will be jammed. cyberattacks will shut down key ukrainian institutions. after that, russian tanks and soldiers will advance on key targets that have already been identified and wrapped up in detail plans. >> the state department said tonight that the blinken will meet with sergei -- lavrov in europe next week, provided there's no russian invasion. this comes as the u.s. says russia expelled its second most senior official of the american embassy in moscow, gorman. the state department calls it