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news. Russia invades Ukraine and the West response. And Credit Suisse suffers another setback.

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Welcome to the Views Room. I'm Peter Tharlarsen, a mere editor of Reuters' Breaking Views, coming to you this week from London's Canary Wharf.

For this edition, I talked to Breaking Views columnists on both sides of the Atlantic about Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the latest challenge facing Credit Suisse's private bank.

First, I talked to Dasha Afanaseva and Gina Chan about Ukraine. In the early hours of Thursday morning, Russian President Vladimir Putin did what he

is consistently denied wanting to do and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Stock markets have tumbled, investors have scrambled for safe haven assets, and European oil and gas prices have soared.

Meanwhile, Western leaders are preparing what we expect will be a punitive set of sanctions.

Dascher discusses the fallout for financial markets and energy supplies,

while Gina talks about the possible consequences for China and how Russia might extend the fight to cyberspace.

After that, Liam Proud and I resume what seems to be a never-ending discussion about the problems at Credit Suisse.

The embattled Swiss Bank was hit this week by a string of reports based on a massive leak of client data,

alleging that it had served human rights abuses and sanctioned businessmen.

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