hand. matthew chance, cnn, kyiv, ukraine. now the west meanwhile rolling out more sanctions aimed at hitting russia where it hurts. on saturday the u.s. and some key western allies announcing they will expel certain russian banks from s.w.i.f.t. that is that high security network that connects thousands of banks around the world. cnn white house reporter jasmine wright joins me now from washington with a closer look at the new sanctions. bring us up-to-date, jasmine. well, michael, what s significant is that something of this scale hasn t happened yet, and so it is definitely the western country s attempt to isolate russia financially, responding proportionately to what president putin has done. from this joint statement from the u.s., canada and european leaders, it expels selected russian banks from the international financial country, and i think if we can isolate
waves through russian banking and its entire economy. cnn white house reporter jasmine wright joins me now live from washington with a closer look at the new sanctions. tell us what you know, jasmine. reporter: well, michael, something of this scale has not been done before making it very significant in western countries really aimed trying to isolate russia financially. and so the u.s. along with european leaders and canada announced a slate of actions that they are taking. first it is to basically cut off some certain russian banks from the international financial system. and if we focus really on that russian central bank there and the amount of cash reserves it has about $600 billion really as it tries to prop up the russian economy amid these waves of sanctions. and so what the u.s. and their partners are trying to do is basically stop that ability for
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