swift and severe costs on russia. president biden reiterated that a further russia invasion of ukraine would produce widespread human suffering and diminish russia's standing. the president also offered president putin an off ramp, urging him to take the diplomatic path and de-escalate. another senior official trying to talk about the diplomatic offered, summed it up like this. they said it remains unclear whether russia is interested in pursuing its goals diplomatically. so from that we can determine there's been no fundamental change in the dynamic between the two countries as these tensions really raise. so they've been responding, the u.s. has, with real urgency. we know that this is happening as secretary blinken, secretary of state antony blinken issued that warning, saying that an invasion could happen before the olympics end. we know that is just seven days away, so these are really