put more sanctions on you, vladimir putin, if you go further, listen. who in the lord s name does putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called countries on territory that belonged to his neighbors? this is a flagrant violation of international law. and demands a firm response from the international community. i m announcing the first tranche of sanctions to impose costs on russia in response to their actions yesterday. these have been closely coordinated with our allies and partners and we ll continue to escalate sanctions if russia escalates. none of us will be fooled. there is no justification. further russian assault of ukraine remains a severe threat in the days ahead. and if russia proceeds, it is russia and russia alone that bears the responsibility. so, you might be thinking, fine, who are the sanctions against? they target big russian banks, big financial institutions and moscow s sovereign debt basically trying to cut the
partners will respond decisively our allies. the us is united in galvanised. today our nato allies and the is as united as we ve been alliance. the power of universal appeal of our shared democratic values. because this is about more than just russia and ukraine, it s about standing for what we believe in, for the future we want for our world, for liberty, the right of countless countries to choose their own destiny, and the right of people determine their futures. a own destiny, and the right of people determine theirfutures. a nation cannot change its neighbours by force. i m confident that vision, that frieden will prevail thought if russia proceeds, we will rally the
prevail. if russia proceeds, we will rally the world who 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 put intense pressure on their largest and most significant financial institutions and key industries. these measures are ready to go as soon as and if russia moves. we ll impose long term consequences, undermine russias ability to compete economically and when it comes to nordstream two, the pipeline that will 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 ukrainian military with equipment to help
in the days ahead. if russia proceeds, it is russia and russia alone that bears the responsibility. none of us will be fooled, maybe except for the two people we ve been talking about. the sanctions announced by biden target large russian financial institutions and moscow s sovereign debt, cutting off the country from western financing. they also focus on five wealthy russian elites and their family members but do not go after putin directly. the president also said he was moving additional u.s. troops to the baltics. let me be clear, these are totally defensive moves on our part. we have no intention of fighting russia. we want to send an unmistakable message though, that the united states, together with our allies, will defend every inch of nato territory and abide by the commitments we made to nato. let s bring in pentagon
week in the united nations security council come to pass. a major increase in military provocations and falsifying events along the line of contact in the donbas. dramatically staged venal on camera meeting of putin s security council to grandstand for the russian public. and now political provocation of recognizing sovereign ukrainian territory in so-called independent republics in clear violation, again, of international law. president putin has sought authorization from the russian parliament to use military force outside of russian territory. and this set the stage for further pretext, further provocations by russia to try to justify further military action. none of us, none of us should be fooled. none of us will be fooled. there is no justification. further russian assault in ukraine remains a severe threat in the days ahead. if russia proceeds, it is russia