00:00In terms of engaging Russia, my job as a diplomat is to leave absolutely no stone in turn to see
00:05if we can prevent a war.
00:06And if there's anything that I can do to do that, I'm going to do it.
00:09President Biden has made very clear that he's prepared to meet President Putin at any time, in any format, if
00:15that can help prevent a war.
00:17Everything we're seeing tells us that the decision we believe President Putin has made to invade is moving forward.
00:24We've seen that with provocations created by the Russians or separatist forces over the weekend, false flag operations.
00:30Now the news just this morning that the quote-unquote exercises Russia was engaged in in Belarus with 30,000
00:37Russian forces that were supposed to end this weekend will now continue because of tensions in eastern Ukraine, tensions created
00:43by Russia and the separatist forces it backs there.
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