English transcript

You ask what's changed, I think what's changed is the reality on the ground where the Russians

are killing a lot of people, they're losing a lot of people, they don't have much to show

for it.

We remain committed to peace, but it takes two to tango.

And unfortunately what we've seen over the last couple of weeks, the Russians have refused

to sit down with any bilateral meetings with the Ukrainians.

They've refused to sit down with any trilateral meetings where the president or some other

member of the administration could sit down with the Russians and the Ukrainians.

So our view is we want peace here.

We've been actively pursuing peace from the very beginning of the administration, but

the Russians have got to wake up and accept reality here.

A lot of people are dying.

They don't have a lot to show for it.

How many more people are they willing to lose?

How many more people are they willing to kill for very little, if any, gain in the military

advantage on the ground there?

I think the answer is hopefully not that much, but certainly our attitude here is we're going

to keep on working for peace, and we hope the Russians actually wake up to the reality

on the ground.