US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said on Tuesday that there would be an independent Ukraine “far more than there would be a Vladimir Putin” as the Russian leader continued his unprovoked invasion of the country.
“One way or another, Ukraine will be there and at some point Putin will not be,” Blinken told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on The Situation Room.
His comments come as new satellite imagery shows widespread devastation across Ukraine, including destroyed houses in a village near Kyiv and houses burning in the besieged city of Mariupol, where more than 2,500 civilians have been killed, according to Ukrainian officials.
The top US diplomat said on Tuesday that the US is trying to prevent as many deaths and disasters as possible.
“The real question is how much death and destruction is caused by Russia’s aggression in the meantime, and we are working as hard as we can to limit, to stop, to put an end to this war of choice that Russia is waging. “, Said Blinken.
“We are doing this through the support we provide to Ukraine every day. We are doing this through the pressure we are exerting on Russia every day.”
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