00:00right yes in the back there yeah thank you a couple questions just to be super clear
00:03well a little bit nadia please yeah just to be super clear did you just confirm
00:07the resignation of ambassador brink i'm sorry did you uh ambassador brings
00:12resignation did you just confirm that because you wish her well uh well she she is um she's
00:18returning home yes so that's that's official thanks so much uh for those of us who have been
00:23following you know this from the very beginning we couldn't help but notice that ambassador
00:27bring has been limited with naming russia you know recently particularly in the past couple of weeks
00:32when it comes to talking about russian attacks on ukraine was there any instruction and a pressure
00:37on her for not naming russia from this building well i'm not aware of anything like that certainly
00:43i wouldn't speak to anything regarding that regarding personnel regarding a diplomat and
00:48the internal dynamics that might occur so no that's not something i'm going to speculate about or guess
00:52out or speak to thank you my follow-up on ukraine as well tomorrow marks 30 days one month since
00:58ukraine you know uh did uh basically sign in your ceasefire deal and russia refused has been delaying
01:06since then and as we speak they keep attacking kiev right now may i get your perspective on that
01:11well the perspective i think everyone understands the perspective is that president trump is involved in
01:15this we've got the best diplomats in the world with uh certainly being led by secretary rubio
01:21uh all of our leadership but particularly president trump and secretary rubio in public
01:26have made it clear what's at stake uh when it comes to the nature of this situation ending
01:31uh it is a a dynamic that will not be solved militarily it is a meat grinder uh there is uh nothing
01:39else can be discussed for the outcome until the shooting and the the the killing stops uh secretary rubio made
01:46clear uh at nato in his press conference that we would in fact know in a matter of weeks if russia
01:53was serious and so we'll we'll take that him at his word certainly as we do uh and i think russia
02:00certainly needs to take that seriously and we'll play that out but this is not going to go on for six
02:04months or a year or anything else and uh the the president has also made it clear we want diplomacy
02:11uh but the fact is is that we're watching and judging as this process continues uh yes sir
02:26you
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