and changes to nato and american force posture along the eastern flank of nato and continued support to ukraine. the president held a secure video conference today with key allies and partners to coordinate our approach to this crisis. the participants were the u.k., france, germany, its italy, poland, romania, canada, and the secretary to the european union. achieved a remarkable level of unity and common purpose from the broad strategy down to the technical details. if russia proceeds, its long-term power and influence will be diminished, not enhanced by an invasion. the it will face a more determined trans atlantic community. it will have to make more concessions to china. it will face massive pressure on its economy and export controls that will erode its defense industrial base and face a wave of condemnation from around the
to nato and american force posture along the eastern flank of nato. it would include continued support to ukraine. the president held a secure video conference today with key allies and partners to co ordinate our approach to this crisis. the participants were the uk, france, germany, italy, canada, poland, romania, the secretary general of nato and the president of the european union. we have achieved a remarkable level of unity and common purpose from the broad strategy down to the technical details. if russia proceeds its long term power and influence will be diminished, not enhanced by an invasion. it will face a more determined transatlantic community. it will have to make more concessions to china, it will face massive pressure on its economy and export controls that will erode its defence industrial base. and it will face a wave of condemnation from
and it would include continued support to ukraine. the president held a secured video conference today with key allies and partners to coordinate our approach to this crisis. the participants were the u.k., france, germany, italy, canada, poland, romania, the secretary general of nato and the presidents of the european union. we have achieved a remarkable level of unity and common purpose from the broad strategy, down to the technical details. if russia proceeds, it s long term power and influence will be diminished, not enhanced by a invasion. it will have to make more concessions to china. it will face massive pressure on its economy and export controls that will erode its defense industrial base and face a wave of condemnation from around the world. if on the other hand russia
they need to be out of the country would be the next 24 to 48 hours. and while sullivan pushed back on some reporting throughout from other outlets suggesting that president putin has made a decision in the u.s. is aware that he s made a decision about whether to invade, he said among the possibilities that u.s. military and intelligence officials are now aware of is the possibility of a rapid russian assault on the ukrainian capital of kyiv. it s a fairly remarkable to hear the national security adviser say out in the open. take a listen to what sullivan had to say just a few minutes ago about the consequences russia will face if it does invade. if russia proceeds, it s long term power will be diminished, not enhance by an invasion. it will have to make more
if russia proceeds, we will rally the world to oppose its aggression. the united states and our allies and partners around the world are ready to impose powerful sanctions on export controls including actions that did not we did not pursue when russia invaded crimea in eastern ukraine in 2014. we will put intense pressure on their largest and most significant financial institutions and key industries. these measures are ready to go as soon and if russia moves. we ll impose long-term consequences to undermine russia s ability to compete economically and strategically. wen it comes to nord stream 2, the pipeline that would bring natural gas from russia to germany, if russia further invades ukraine, it will not happen. i will not send american servicemen to fight in ukraine, we have supplied the ukrainian military to help them defend