From New York Times, I'm Michael Barrow. This is daily.

As Russian forces bombard Ukraine's biggest cities and strike civilian areas with increasingly

powerful weapons, the 27 countries of the European Union have overcome their reputation

for internal division by adopting the largest package of penalties ever imposed on a single

country.

Today, my colleague in Brussels, Matina Stevisk-Gridniff, tells the story of how that happened

and whether it will be enough to end Russia's war on Ukraine.

It's Wednesday, March 2.

Matina describes the actions that the European Union has taken against Russia over the past

few days to try to end this war and ensure that there are consequences for it invading

Ukraine.

Well, Michael, good evening.

The measures that the European Union has taken against Russia for the invasion of Ukraine

are frankly stunning.

As Russian forces unleash their assault on Kiev and other Ukrainian cities, we are resolved

to continue imposing massive costs on Russia.

The most useful way to look at them is to sort of divide them into categories, one being

broadly economic and the other being not economic.

Bottom line is pretty clear.

These are big and staggering penalties, sanctions.

So when it comes to the economy, their actions go after powerful individuals, including

Vladimir Putin himself.

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