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Speaking in the city that was the location of the infamous 1938 agreement that allowed German dictator Adolf Hitler to dismember and then gobble up Czechoslovakia without penalty, Zelenskyy warned of the dangers of letting bullies get their way. “Has our world completely forgotten the mistakes of the 20th century?” he asked. “Where does appeasement policy usually lead to?”

Ukraine’s president also called for immediate sanctions against Russia, but Harris reiterated the Biden administration’s position that sanctions had greater value if held back as a threat. She said America’s European allies shared that view.

“The Allied relationship is such that we have agreed that the deterrence effect of these sanctions is still a meaningful one,” Harris said, adding: “We still sincerely hope that there is a diplomatic path out of this moment.”

Harris, who met directly with Ukraine’s president on Saturday, also backed President Joe Biden’s statement that he expects Russia will indeed invade Ukraine.

“As the President has said, we believe that Putin has made his decision. Period,” she said.

Zelenskyy also made it clear he had no doubt where Putin stood.

“Ukraine wants peace; Europe wants peace; the whole world says it doesn’t want war; and Russia claims it doesn’t want to intervene. Someone of us is lying,” he said Saturday.

Harris said it had been decades since Europe faced a crisis of this magnitude.

“Let’s really take a moment to understand the significance of what we’re talking about,” she said. “It’s been over 70 years. And through those 70 years, as I mentioned yesterday, there has been peace and security. We are talking about the real possibility of war in Europe.”