John Kirby [White House press conference]: He [Putin] invaded a neighboring country without provocation. Ukraine wasn't a threat to anybody, and the American people understand that.

[Ukraine was a direct threat to Russia; it's overthrow in 2014 was orchestrated by those who want to destroy Russia]

Reporter: Multiple times this week, [Biden's] public remarks talked about having conversations in 2021 with European leaders who were deceased at that time. Can you give us an explanation into why [Biden] was referring to those people in those conversations, and what exactly happened there?

Jean-Pierre: I know there's been a lot of focus on this. I want to just step back for a second, and just kind of think, really kind of top-level, what [Biden] was talking about when he was having, as he tells a story about having these conversations with world leaders, which are obviously important conversations. He was underlying the January 6th events, in 2021, what happened, the message that it sent around the globe, around the world, to our leaders, to world leaders. How dangerous it is. Our democracy. How important democracy was, or is, continues to be…how important it is, the United States, their leadership, our leadership, here in this, in the globe…as it related to the names, and what he was trying to say; many people, elected officials, many people, then can misspeak sometimes.