their interests aggressively without overtly using military action. those types of russian aggression will also be met with a decisive calibrated and, again, united response. that's the clear message coming out of my meetings wednesday with president zelensky, yesterday in germany with counterparts from germany, uk, france, and the european union, and with german chancellor schultz. we are united through diplomacy and dialogue but equally in our resolve to impose massive consequences should russia choose the path of confrontation and conflict. i expressed again to minister lavrov that on the security concerns russia has raised in recent weeks, united states allies and partners are prepared to pursue possible means of addressing them in a spirit of reciprocity, which means simply put that russia must also address our concerns. there are several steps we can take, all of us, russia