invading their neighbor. and we have to work together to make this a failure for putin or we will see more of this. we will see more of this with china and taiwan. we will see more of this from vladimir putin. i think nothing less than the international and this is a momentous and tragic day when, once again, we see a dictator in europe trying to remake the map of europe by using his military power. you have just returned from the un execute ready i was struck by on day one of the sanctions, the german pipeline was part of the sanction package. the german government agreed to that. it s not because the united states was sharing precise intelligence indicating that we were this close, we were a day or less than a day away from actual invasion? i think that certainly
most emotional summits the eu has ever held most emotional summits the eu has ever held. from what i am hearing inside ever held. from what i am hearing inside there ever held. from what i am hearing inside there tonight, he absolutely was not inside there tonight, he absolutely was not wrong. there is a conviction amongst was not wrong. there is a conviction amongst a was not wrong. there is a conviction amongst a number of eu leaders that they feel amongst a number of eu leaders that they feel russia s aggression in ukraine they feel russia s aggression in ukraine is they feel russia s aggression in ukraine is personal, that vladimir putins ukraine is personal, that vladimir putin s ultimate aim is to destabilise europe and change the balance destabilise europe and change the balance of power. for former iron curtain balance of power. for former iron curtain countries and eu and nato members. curtain countries and eu and nato members, they feel very exposed and
russian playbook for a possible invasion still appears to be moving forward. as the u.s. is assessing what they are seeing on the ground and intelligence they are picking up as well. but this all comes as the u.s. has really been spending some time working with allies in recent days and weeks to craft a possible sanctions package to implement if russia moves forward with an invasion. that sanction package has come under a bit of scrutiny over the course of the weekend. ukrainian president zelensky said he wants to see the sanctions unveiled before an invasion. but secretary of state antony blinken defended the decision to wait as he spoke to our colleague dana bash. take a listen. the purpose of the sanctions in the first instance is to try to deter russia from going to war. as soon as you trigger them, that deterrent is gone. and until the last minute, as long as we can try to bring a deterrent effect to this, we ll try to do that. as to laying out in detail what the sanctions will
responding to how the eu is now working on its third sanction package in one week and she was talking today about targeting russia s ability to fund its military action in ukraine and she was saying that there is now an agreement among all european union member states, remember, some of them are lagging on the idea of ejecting russia from swift, the international financial transaction network, particularly italy, germany, hungary, these are countries with close ties with russia. business ties and relying on gas supplies but everybody, said ursula, is agreed to target russia s banks through swift and focus on russia s central bank, making it difficult to get money from the globalfinancial difficult to get money from the global financial markets, difficult to get money from the globalfinancial markets, not global financial markets, not just globalfinancial markets, not just european financial markets and capital markets as well. also, she said, the eu would be
sanctions. we have remained to a open diplomatic path to resolution. however, if russia takes aggressive action against ukraine, we are prepared to implement. to do that work in a unified way with our allies around the world. reporter: the u.s. have been working with allies for several weeks now crafting that sanction package. one thing president zelensky pointed to today, he wants to see an actual list of what these sanctions would look like before an invasion. that s something the white house has been hesitant to do and set to act as a deterrent. even as the u.s. is warning an invasion could be imminent. they are stressing that window to diplomacy is still an option. secretary of state anthony blinken is set to speak with his counter part foreign minister sergei lavrov on thursday but only if russia does not invade. president biden made clear if an invasion does occur, that s russia shutting the door to