The U.S. State Department posted on 3 March 2022 a "Digital Press Briefing with Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Molly Phee" with African media representatives on the impact of Russian aggression in Ukraine and its impact on Africa.
Molly Phee emphasized that the United States is not asking African states to take sides. It is asking Africans to accept the principle that aggression in unacceptable in Ukraine or anywhere else in the world.
