Biden: “This Is The Beginning Of A Russian Invasion”

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🗓️ 23 February 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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President Biden announced new sanctions to punish Moscow and described what is currently happening in Ukraine as “the beginning of a Russian invasion.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also canceled his meeting with Russia's foreign minister. CNN’s Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward is in Kyiv, Ukraine. She tells AC360 Ukraine’s first choice is diplomacy but if that doesn’t work they plan to “fight for every inch” of their land. Plus, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell blamed the Biden administration’s “weakness” for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Maggie Haberman is the Washington correspondent for The New York Times. She joins AC360 to discuss McConnell’s comments and the Republican party’s view of Putin. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	President Biden calls it the beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine as he levels
0:05.5	the first round of sanctions against the money machine that keeps Vladimir Putin, his cronies
0:10.2	and their kleptocracy running.
0:12.3	John Burman here in Foranderson.
0:14.3	Tonight, unlike when we left you last night, there's no longer a question of whether
0:17.5	Putin ordering troops into eastern Ukraine would be enough for President Biden to use the
0:22.0	I word, invasion.
0:24.0	The President settled at this afternoon.
0:26.2	He also settled how he would respond, along with European allies, all to make the case
0:30.6	that Vladimir Putin is not getting away with a slap on the wrist.
0:35.2	Who in the Lord's name does Putin think gives in the right to declare new so-called countries
0:42.4	on territory the belong to his neighbors?
0:45.3	This is a flagrant violation of international law and demands a firm response from the international
0:50.7	community.
0:51.7	We're implementing full blocking sanctions on two large Russian financial institutions,
0:57.6	VEB and their military bank.
1:01.3	We're implementing comprehensive sanctions on Russian sovereign debt.
1:05.0	Starting tomorrow and continuing in the days ahead, we'll also impose sanctions on Russian
1:09.9	elites and their family members.
1:12.4	They share in the corrupt gains of the Kremlin policies and should share in the pain as well.
1:18.1	A senior administration official elaborated telling CNN, quote, this is the beginning of
1:22.4	an invasion and therefore this is the beginning of our response.
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