Welcome everyone. Thank you, Emmanuel – and thank you Volodymyr for being with us.

As we meet today, Kyiv is recovering from yet another huge barrage last night –

With more civilian homes in ruins, and more innocent lives lost.

Another repulsive act. Another reminder for all of us – if we needed it – as to why we must come together.

Because we all want - and these are the guiding principles, particularly in recent days - is a permanent end to Russia’s barbarity in Ukraine – and a just and lasting peace.

And as all colleagues on the Coalition of the Willing know – both of those words, “just” and “lasting” are hugely important.

And that is what the US is working for.

And I welcome the fact that progress is being made.

And we remind ourselves that no one wants peace more than Volodymy

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