Question: Is this war now escalating into Russia? Secretary Blinken: Ukrainians “have to make the basic decisions about how they’re going to defend their territory and how they’re working to take back what’s been seized from them.”

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  1. Whatever it takes to remove all the russki terrorists from Ukraine

  2. Among answers to questions by ABC’s Jonathan Karl:^1

    >**QUESTION**: We’ve seen an increasing number of attacks on Russian territory by Ukrainian drones, some in Moscow, Rostov-on-Don just a couple of days ago. Did you bring that up?

    >**SECRETARY BLINKEN**: No.

    >**QUESTION**: Are you – are you okay with – I mean, obviously, they’re – it’s their decisions, but is this war now escalating into Russia?

    >**SECRETARY BLINKEN**: Jon, we haven’t encouraged and we haven’t enabled any use of weapons outside of Ukraine’s territory.

    >Having said that, let’s take a step back for a second.

    >Virtually every single day the Russians are attacking indiscriminately throughout the entire country of Ukraine.

    >Just during the 48 hours that I was there going in, more missiles were launched at civilian targets, including in Kyiv while I was there; a horrific attack on a marketplace, people just going to buy food, civilians, had nothing to do with this war – killed 17 people.

    >This is the daily life for Ukrainians. This is what they face every single day.

    >So they have to make the basic decisions about how they’re going to defend their territory and how they’re working to take back what’s been seized from them.

    >Our role, the role of dozens of other countries around the world that are supporting them, is to help them do that.

    >And ultimately, what we all want is an end to this Russian aggression and an end to the aggression that, again, is just and is durable.

    ^1 https://www.state.gov/secretary-antony-j-blinken-with-jonathan-karl-of-abc-this-week-2/

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