STATEMENT BY SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN September 29, 2022 Russia’s Sham Referenda in Ukraine The Kremlin’s sham referenda are a futile effort to mask what amounts to a further attempt at a land grab in Ukraine.  To be clear: the results were orchestrated in Moscow and do not reflect the will of the people of ... Read More»

Remarks as delivered by Ambassador Michael Carpenter to the Permanent Council, Vienna September 15, 2022 On September 17, 2020, the United States and 16 other OSCE participating States invoked the Moscow Mechanism to examine alleged human rights violations before, during and after the fraudulent August 9, 2020, presidential election in Belarus.  The subsequent report clearly ... Read More»

The eyes of the world are on Ukraine today, which celebrates the 31st anniversary of its independence on August 24, a date which also marks six months since Russia’s full-scale, unprovoked invasion. Ukraine, a country under attack by Russia since 2014, has now withstood half a year of massive bombings, sieges of cities, and atrocities ... Read More»