I am standing on a rooftop looking out on Lavive on day 42 of Russia's brutal invasion

of Ukraine.

I'm Jake Tapper.

Welcome to this special broadcast of the lead, live from Western Ukraine.

Today, the United States government announced new sanctions on Russian individuals and financial

institutions.

A direct response to the atrocities our teams have seen with their own eyes in Ukrainian

cities such as Butchia and Borodianca, where innocent Ukrainian civilians were bound and

murdered.

Their bodies tossed out like trash.

President Biden this afternoon saying this about the decision.

Biden has executed in cold blood bodies dumped into mass graves.

The sense of brutality in humanity left for all the world to see unapologetically.

There's nothing less happening than major war crimes.

Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable.

And together with our allies and our partners, we're going to keep raising economic cost and

ratchet up the pain for Putin and further increase Russia's economic isolation.

Holding the perpetrator is accountable, he said.

Even accountability we should note if it actually were to ever come cannot erase the tragic

human cost of this war.

And we should warn you some of the images we will show you in today's broadcast are quite

graphic and disturbing.

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