states has repeatedly called a nonstarter. nato s door is open. remains open. reporter: the state department spokesperson ned price said the u.s. will wait for a formal response from russia instead of reading into what putin said today. we heard from president putin a variety of things. i will leave it to the kremlinologists out there, budding, professional or otherwise torsion read the tea leaves and try to interpret the significance of those remarks. reporter: putin s remarks come after russian foreign minister sergey lavrov gave no indication that moscow would de-escalate the troop presence along ukraine s borders during a phone call with secretary of state tony blinken. according to a senior state department official. the united states and its allies continue to press for a diplomatic solution, and for russia to pull back its massive troop build-up along ukraine s borders, or else face steam