decades of war that ravaged europe before the international rule of order was put in place. we cannot go back to that. we cannot. the gravity of the threat is why the response of the west has been so swift and so powerful and so unifying, unprecedentedly and overwhelming, swift in puni punishing and costs are the only thing that will get russia to change its course. within days of his invasion, the west has moved jointly with sanctions to damage russia s economy. russia s central bank is now blocked from global financial systems, denying kremlin s access to the war fund it s stashed around the globe. we ve aimed at the heart of russia s economy by stopping the imports of russian energy to the united states. to date, the united states has sanctioned 140 russian oligarchs and their family members seizing their ill-begotten gains, their