foreign minister lavrov and i also talked about the way forward. let me say as well that he heard from us and from me that what is for us a viable rule nothing but ukraine without ukraine. nothing about nato without nato. nothing about europe without europe. based on our discussion, i believe we can carry forward this work of developing and understanding agreements together that ensure our mutual security. but that's contingent on russia stopping its aggression toward ukraine. so that's the choice that russia faces now. you can choose the path of diplomacy that can lead to peace and security or the path that will lead only to conflict, severe consequences and international condemnation. the united states and our allies and partners in europe stand ready to meet russia on either