some other way to make moscow hurt, it s not really clear what they could do to make putin stop. nothing so far has stopped any of his actions beyond ukrainians beating them on the battlefield. why would russia resort to that, knowing that would gin up the response from the west? mariupol, it sounds as though it has been so decimated. obviously, this hasn t been confirmed. investigators looking into it. we don t know this is true. why would they resort to chemical weapons? what chemical weapons do is you deny that terrain, either to your own forces or to the opposing forces. so if chemical weapons were used in mariupol, bear in mind, the russians are trying to create this salient that, i think, would be victory for putin. if you use chemical weapons in mariupol, russians are not going to go in there. you contaminated it.
with the united states, along with the rest of the entire eu, all the different countries, to impose these unprecedented sanctions. and to me he said this is that our goal is to wage war on russia s economic and financial institution and to collapse the russian economy. and he said, yes, the russian people will bear the price, but that is what we have to do to make putin stop. and this is what they re doing right now and we have seen so much change in europe almost over night in the few days since russia did invade ukraine. and again, zelenskyy today saying that we have suffered two revolutions, we ve suffered a war and now five and now six days of a massive russian invasion. and as you know, because u.s. intelligence has been reporting this, as he speaks, satellite imagery shows some 40 miles, maybe it s even more now, of armored russian columns, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and
meetings convened in whitehall, ministers, grim faced on the way in. talking up the scale of the uk action. i talking up the scale of the uk action. ., , ., ~ action. i am confident we will take the most robust action. i am confident we will take the most robust and action. i am confident we will take the most robust and action - the most robust and action necessary. it the most robust and action necessary- the most robust and action necessa . , ., , ., , necessary. it is the most ambitious set of sanctions necessary. it is the most ambitious set of sanctions leading necessary. it is the most ambitious set of sanctions leading edge - set of sanctions leading edge russia set of sanctions leading edge russia. ., , russia. but the government is downbeat russia. but the government is downbeat in russia. but the government is downbeat in what russia. but the government is downbeat in what lays - russia. but the government is - downbeat in what lays ahead, paving downing
russian president. as the midterms get closer and the stakes get higher, how does this conflict resolve itself? well, rev, certainly the midterms are not far away. but in essence, they are because this moment, this moment of great geopolitical conflict that has made many americans feel like when is there an out, when does this end, at what point does putin stop, and what point do many republicans stop shilling kremlin talking points? these are the questions we face every day. normal americans who see this invasion for what it is, an attack on a sovereign nation that did not do anything to provoke it, are sitting with this moment and sitting with these questions. but what s more important, rev, is that there are two approaches we can take care, our lawmakers can take, our country can take. and it s really important to stay focused on the ball, about
team in line or makes them stop, he can make putin stop. neil: to your point, it s affecting more than us. china depends on beef from us and largely from jbs, which also ships a lot of beef to australia from which they get even more meat. the fact that these issues are coming up again and again, whether they re all linked to russia or not, they re getting to be more common place. today we learned not long ago, the mta was hacked. we re getting word that the steamline authority, the ship short in massachusetts responsible for a lot of those boats that go back and forth between martha s vineyard, hyannis, also hit by that. affected sailings that were going outs today. people paying in cash so the credit system wasn t compromised. this is a couple weeks after the