On our ability to support ukraine, including for assistant secretary of state for population refugees and migration, assistant secretary of state for international security and nonproliferation and our coordinator for sanctions policy. so, i urge the senate to confirm these nominees quickly so that they can get to work as soon as possible. a few weeks ago, just days before russia s invasion began, i went to the united nations security council to lay out what we believed was about to happen. again, today, we have a strong sense of what russia could do next. we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating its attacks on the ukrainian people. manufacturing events and creating false narratives of genocide to justify greater use of military force is a tactic that russia has used before, including in georgia. we believe russia will bring its
Stay safe. these words visible from the air say children in russian. that theater struck by russian forces. officials say it is not clear how many people inside killed or injured in the strike. u.s. secretary of state blinken described atrocities as a part of a pattern from vladimir putin and what we should expect. we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating its attacks on the people. manufacturing events and creating false narratives of genocide to justify the military force is a tactic that russia used before and likely to kidnap officials and replace them with puppets. with his country under attack ukraine s president zelenskyy
Startling. we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating its attacks on the ukrainian people. manufacturing events and creating false narratives of genocide to justify greater use of military force is a tactic that russia has used before. it is a tactic they ve used before, but one of the trademarks of the biden administration over the last several months has been getting way out ahead. disclosing intelligence publicly. the russians are building up troops. they plan to invade. they ve proved right. they were prit in those declarations. so when you hear that, it gives you even more chills. absolutely. and, obviously, this has been part of the russian playbook not just in this conflict where we ve seen everything play out as the administration has predict bud russia also has a pattern of doing this. not just helping other dictators around the world use chemical weapons but also going against their own a
Accountable. there are several other nominations before the senate with a direct bearing on our ability to support ukraine, including the secretary of state for population, refugees and immigration, and our coordinator for sanctions policy. i urge the senate to confirm these nominees quickly so they can get to work as soon as possible. a few weeks ago, just days before russia s invasion began, i went to the united nations security council to layout what we believed was about to happen. today we have a strong sense of what russia could do next. we believe moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating its attacks on the ukrainian people. manufacturing events and creating false narratives of
Before the senate with a direct bearing on our ability to support ukraine, including for assistant secretary of state for population, refugees and migration, international security and nonproliferation, and coordinator for sanctions policy. i urge the senate to confirm the nominees quickly so they can get to work as soon as possible. a few weeks ago just days before russia s invasion began i went to the united nations security council to lay out what we believe was about to happen. again today we have the strong sense of what russia could do next. we believe that moscow may be setting the stage to use a chemical weapon and then falsely blame ukraine to justify escalating attacks on the ukrainian people. manufacturing events and creating false narratives of genocide to justify military force russia has used before, including in georgia.