secretary general. this is the first time in nato history they mobiled their response force. 7,000 u.s. troops that president biden announced yesterday will participate in this densive force. nato issued one of its strongest statements.fensive force. nato issued one of its strongest statements. there are indications of an amphibious assault under way. thousands of marines are moving ashore. u.s. intelligence suggests the russian lost a little bit of their momentum. no population centers in ukraine have been taken so far. russia yet to achieve air
he wants to destroy ukrainian state and join up with russia. he said that time and time again. now we see the reality of what has been the result of this. an invasion with the instruction of the single largest state in europe. sandra: on facebook being restricted there. we talked to a parliament member who hopes the conversation with zelensky and biden on the phone call in the last 2 hours was about removing russia this swift so they can t community with 11,000 financial institutions and companies. do you see that as a necessary step to stop putin? russia violated every law.
standing with his people. here you have the biden administration nickel and diming our way forward when we ought to put punitive sanctions in the immediate moment, not doe laid in any way and we ought to be sanctioning the primary source of revenue for russia, their energy and oil exports. you take that action now. not only will you stop putin s advance but you keep those in place until the russian military fully withdrawals from ukraine. this is not just about ukraine. this is about putin and russia s desire to redraw the lines of european countries by force. in my first year, we saw the most massive deployment of russian forces along the border of eastern europe.
u.s.? the necessary next swept is the swift transaction system. cutting russia off from that. president biden said we are not ready for. that means the e.u. countries are not yet on that point. that s one of the next step. you get the top 25 oligarchs around putin. you do have to be a bit careful going after the leader himself calling him a warcorner. you don t want him totally in a corner and the only way out is lashing out with their capabilities. they are moving along and escalating and swift would be among the next ones identifying the additional oligarches and
country. based on your statement, you did not see the president go far enough with the sanctions. what is the delicate balance? what would have prevented them from directly sanctioning vladimir putin and his oil and natural gas market? i think the $100 a gallon has something to do with it. shutting down keystone xl and gas leases in this country while green lighting nord stream-22 for the russians. we need to sanctions the oil exports for the russians and president biden should authorize the keystone xl pipeline and oil and gas leases in the united