- This is really a pattern that we've seen from President Putin
through the course of this conflict,
which is manufacturing threats that don't exist
in order to justify further aggression.
And the global community and the American people
should look at it through that prism.
We've seen him do this time and time again.
At no point has Russia been under threat from NATO,
has Russia been under threat from Ukraine.
This is all a pattern from President Putin,
and we're going to stand up for it.
We have the ability to defend ourselves,
but we also need to call out
what we're seeing here from President Putin.
- This is dangerous rhetoric.
This is behavior which is irresponsible.
And, of course, if you combine this rhetoric
with what they're doing on the ground in Ukraine,
waging war against an independent, sovereign nation,
conducting full-fledged invasion of Ukraine,
this adds to the seriousness of the situation.
- I'm not surprised at this information
because Putin has tried every means possible
to actually put fear in the world,
in terms of his action.
And it just means that we have to ramp up our efforts
here at the United Nations
and elsewhere to hold him accountable.