to echo what both biden and secretary lincoln has said. we encourage all remaining us citizens in ukraine to depart immediately. we want to be crystal clear on this point. any american in the uk should leave as soon as gas ukraine. in the next 48 hours. we obviously cannot predict the future. we don t know exactly what is going to happen but the risk is now high enough and the threat is now immediate enough that this is what prudence demands. if you say you are assuming risk with no guarantee that they will be any other opportunity to leave and no prospect of a us military evacuation in the event of a russian invasion. if a russian attack on ukraine proceeds it is likely to begin with aerial bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality.
around the world. if on the other hand, russia truly seeks a diplomatic outcome it should not only say so they should pursue that diplomatic outcome. we are prepared to do that. we have put concrete proposals on the table. they are now out there for the world to see. we are prepared to engage on them and to discuss the principles and parameters of european security with our european partners and with russia. whatever happens next, the west is more united than it s been in years. nato has been strengthened, the alliances more cohesive, more purposeful, more dynamic than in any time in recent memory. in terms of immediate next steps, president biden and his team will remain in close contact with our allies and partners to co ordinate both on potentialfor diplomacy and on any response that is necessary should putin decide to order action. we are continuing to reduce the size of our msc footprint in kyiv. i now want to take a moment
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