Author: U.S. State Department

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on August 24.  It was attributed to Secretary of State Antony Blinken. On behalf of the United States of America, I congratulate the people of Ukraine on their Independence Day, the commemoration of the date in 1991 when Ukraine officially left the Soviet Union and...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on August 24.  It was attributed to spokesperson Ned Price. By planning to hold so-called “tribunals” in Russia-controlled Mariupol against Ukraine’s brave defenders, the Kremlin is attempting to deflect responsibility for [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin’s war of aggression and distract from overwhelming evidence of the...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on August 9. It was attributed to the Office of the Spokesperson of the U.S. State Department. On August 9 the Department announced its intention to provide $89 million of FY [Fiscal Year] 2022 funding to help the government of Ukraine address the urgent humanitarian...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on July 9.  It was attributed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. I announced earlier today that the United States is providing nearly $368 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support those affected by Russia’s brutal war on Ukraine. To date, more than...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on July 9.  It was attributed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. The Ukrainian people continue to courageously defend their nation in the face of Russia’s unlawful and unprovoked invasion. The United States salutes their bravery, and we will stand by them as...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on July 13.  It was attributed to Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. On the eve of the Ukraine Account-ability Conference, the United States calls on Russia to immediately halt its systematic “filtration” operations and forced deportations in Russia-controlled and held areas of Ukraine. The...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on April 5. It is attributed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. The world has been shocked and appalled by the atrocities committed by Russia’s forces in Bucha and across Ukraine. Ukraine’s forces bravely continue to defend their country and their freedom, and...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on March 23.  It is attributed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. Madeleine Albright was a brilliant diplomat, a visionary leader, a courageous trailblazer, a dedicated mentor and a great and good person who loved the United States deeply and devoted her life...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on March 23.  It is attributed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Since launching his unprovoked and unjust war of choice, Russian President Vladimir Putin has unleashed unrelenting violence that has caused death and destruction across Ukraine.  We’ve seen numerous credible reports of indiscriminate...

The following statement was released on March 4 by the U.S. State Department. It is attributed to the G-7 foreign affairs ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and the high representative of the European Union. We, the G-7 foreign affairs ministers of Canada, France, Germany,...

The following is an abridged version of remarks delivered by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council on March 1. The remarks were released by the U.S. State Department on March 1. High Commissioner Bachelet, Mr. President, fellow members, the United States is pleased to rejoin...

The following statement was released by the U.S. State Department on February 21.  It is attributed to U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. We strongly condemn [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin’s decision to recognize the so-called “Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics” as “independent.”  As we said when the Duma first made its request: this decision...