>>> I THINK THE TERRIBLE
EXPECTATION IS THAT THE
SUFFERING WE HAVE SEEN IS LIKELY
TO GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS
BETTER FOR AS LONG AS RUSSIA
PURSUES THESE METHODS.
>> SECRETARY OF STATE BLINKEN
TODAY WARNING OF WORSE DAYS IN
UKRAINE.
BASED ON THE RUSSIAN TACTICS AND
INVASION.
THAT WAS IN BRUSSELS TODAY AT AN
EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE NATO
ALLIANCE.
PART OF WHAT HAS BEEN AN ALL
HANDS ON DECK DIPLOMATIC PUSH BY
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
LARGELY.
NEXT WEEK VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA
HARRIS WILL HEAD TO EASTERN
EUROPE WITH A VISIT TO POLAND
AND ROMANIA.
JOINING US IS NED PRICE.
WHAT'S THE LATEST AND WHAT HAVE
YOU HEARD THERE?
>> WE ARE IN BRUSSELS FOR A VERY
SIMPLE REASON.
THIS IS THE EPICENTER OF OUR
DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO DO TWO
THINGS.
TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE
AS THEY TAKE ON THESE INVADING
FORCES WITH DIGNITY, WITH
COURAGE, WITH BRAVERY WHY TWO,
TO IMPOSE THE MASSIVE COSTS AND
SWIFT COSTS THAT WE TOGETHER
WITH OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS
PROMISED BEFORE THIS INVASION.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES LIKES TO SAY THAT BIG
NATIONS DON'T BLUFF.
VLADIMIR PUTIN HAS LEARNED THAT
THE UNITED STATES WAS NOT
BLUFFING.
ALLIES AND PARTNERS WERE NOT
BLUFFING.
ORR
TODAY WE HAVE MET WITH THE
ALLIES AND 27 MEMBERS OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION. WE HAVE MET WITH THE G7 AND IN
WE HAVE MET WITH THE G7 AND IN
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FORUM
WE HEARD UNANIMITY THAT THEY ARE
RESOF
RESOLVED TO CONTINUE THE SUPPORT
AND MOUNT THE PRESSURE ON
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
>> WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH
MICHAEL CROWLEY.
COVERS YOUR BOSS.
ABOUT WHERE WE ARE.
IF YOU CAN GO TO TEN ARE WE AT
EIGHT, EIGHT AND A HALF?
WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE
BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN IF YOU
AGREE WITH THAT ASSESS.
?
CAN YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT?
>> LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE
DOING.
WE ARE PROVIDING DEFENSIVE
SUPPORT.
WE HAVE PROVIDED MORE THAN A
BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO THE
PARTNERS OVER THE PAST YEAR.
NOW ANOTHER $350 MILLION WORTH
OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE.
IT IS ANTI-ARMOR, ANTI-TANK,
SMALL ARMS, MUNITIONS.
WHAT THE UKRAINIAN PARTNERS NEED
TO DEFEND THEMSELVES, TO TAKE ON
THIS INVADING RUSSIAN FORCE.
AS YOU KNOW WE HAVE SPENT DOWN A
LOT OF THAT, $350 MILLION IN
FACT LAST SEVERAL DAYS PROVIDING
MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE
EACH DAY AND TODAY SUB MITTED A
REQUEST TO CONGRESS FOR ANOTHER
$10 BILLION AND PART FOR
ADDITIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.
WE ALSO HAVE MOUNTED THE
PROFOUND COSTS ON THE RUSSIAN
FEDERATION, THE ECONOMY, THE
FINANCIAL SYSTEM.
ALREADY LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES
OF
OF IT.
THE RUSSIAN STOCK MARKET IS
CLOSED FOR DAYS BECAUSE THEY ARE
AFRAID OF CAPITAL FLIGHT.
THE RUBLE IS WORTH LESS THAN A
PENNY.
PUTIN'S WAR CHEST, AMASSED A WAR
CHEST OF $600 BILLION PERHAPS
EXPECTING TO WEATHER SANCTIONS.
HE NEVER EXPECTED THESE
SANCTIONS, THESE ECONOMIC
MEASURES AND BECAUSE OF THEM
THAT WAR CHEST IS NOW LARGELY
INACCESSIBLE TO HIM.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THE
ASSESSMENT IS ON WHO'S PAYING
THE PRICE OF THAT DAMAGE WE HAVE
INFLICTED ON RUSSIA?
IS IT THE POPULATION?
IS IT THE PROTESTERS OF THIS WAR
GOING OUT TO THE STREET OR
VLADIMIR PUTIN?
>> OUR SANCTIONS HAVE BEEN FIRST
AND FOREMOST DESIGNED TO PUT
PRESSURE ON VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE
FOREIGN MINISTER, THE DEFENSE
MINISTER, THE OLIGARCHS THAT
SUPPORTED HIM, THE CRONIES THOSE
THAT ANY WAY SPORTED THIS BRUTAL
DECISION.
BUT HERE'S THE TRUTH.
THESE MEASURES ARE STRONG.
THEY ARE UNPRECEDENTED IN TERMS
OF SCALE AND SCOPE.
AND SO THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO
BE FAR RANGING.
OF COURSE IT WILL HAVE AN EFFECT
ON ORDINARY RUSSIANS AS THEY
WILL HAVE AN AFFECT ON PEOPLE
WELL BEYOND RUSSIA.
THE GOAL HAS BEEN TO MINIMIZE
THE IMPACT ON EVERY DAY
RUSSIANS, THOSE BEYOND RUSSIA
AND TO MAXIMIZE THE IMPACT ON
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE GONE AFTER
THE INDIVIDUALS PERSONALLY.
PERSONALLY SANCTIONS VLADIMIR
PUTIN AND THE FOREIGN MINISTER.
WE GO AFTER THE ILL BEGOTTEN
GAINS OF THE OLIGARCH CLASS THAT
HAS AMASSED BILLIONS UPON
BILLIONS OF CARS.
WE ARE GOING AFTER THE
RESIDENCES IN CAPITALS AROUND
THE WORLD.
WE ARE EXACTING A VERY HIGH
PRICE ON THEM AND DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO CLEARLY
UNDERLINE THE FACT THIS IS NOT A
WAR THAT THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE
ADVOCATED FOR OR A WAR THAT THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE SUPPORT AND SEEN
THAT CLEARLY IN BRAVE RUSSIANS
FACING ALMOST CERTAIN ARREST
TAKING TO THE STREETS IN MORE
THAN 50 CITIES ACROSS RUSSIA.
THEY DO NOTHING MORE THAN
EXERCISING THE RIGHTS THAT ARE
UNIVERSALLY APPLICABLE.
WE HAVE SEEN A TRACKDOWN AND
PUTIN RESORT BACK TO THE
PLAYBOOK TO CRACK DOWN ON THE
CITIZENS.
CLOSING DOWN SOCIAL MEDIA AND
INSPECTED MEDIA.
TRYING TO CONTROL THE
INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE
HE KNOWS NOT ONLY IS THE WAR
EFFORT STALLING IN UKRAINE
LOSING THE PROPAGANDA WAR IN
RUSSIA.
>> I WANT TO BRING MICHAEL
CROWLEY INTO THE CONVERSATION.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SANCTIONS
BEFORE.
>> HI, NED.
SORRY I COULDN'T BE ON THIS
TRIP.
I LOOK FORWARD TO JOINING YOU ON
THE NEXT ONE.
>> NEXT TIME.
>> THANK YOU.
ON THE SANCTIONS, FOR A STORY WE
HAVE UP NOW, ONE THING WE CAME
AWAY FEELING IS IT IS NOT CLEAR
WHAT THE GOAL AT LEAST TO US
WHAT THE GOAL OF THE WESTERN
SANCTIONS IS RIGHT NOW, WHETHER
THEY ARE AS WE HEARD PUNITIVE?
ARE THEY POTENTIALLY DESIGNED TO
PUSH VLADIMIR PUTIN OUT OF
POWER?
OR, IS THERE A SCENARIO IN WHICH
PORTIONS OF THE SANCTIONS COULD
BE TRADED FOR CON SEXESCESSIONS
RUSSIANS FOR CEASE-FIRE OR
WITHDRAWAL BY THE TROOPS?
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S TOLD TO US
AS U.S. POLICY BUT COULD YOU
DESCRIBE HOW YOU SEE THE GOAL OF
THE SANCTIONS AND THINGS PUTIN
COULD BE DOING IN THE SHORT TERM
TO GET THE SANCTIONS OFF IN
RETURN FOR SPECIFIC STEPS?
>> YEAH.
IT IS NOT UP TO THE UNITED
STATES, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO
DECIDE WHO SHOULD BE IN THE SEAT
OF POWER IN MOSCOW.
THAT ULTIMATELY IS UP TO THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE JUST AS BY THE
WAY IT IS NOT UP TO VLADIMIR
PUTIN TO DECIDE WHO SHOULD BE IN
POWER IN KYIV OR ANY OTHER
CAPITAL AROUND HIM OR ANYWHERE
ELSE IN THE WORLD.
SECOND POINT, OUR SANCTIONS ARE
NOT PUNITIVE PRIMARILY.
THEY'RE IMPOSING A HIGH COST ON
PUTIN AND THOSE AROUND HIM AND
THE GOAL IN IMPOSING THESE
UNPRECEDENTED MEASURES IS TO END
THIS BRUTAL CONFLICT.
TO SAVE LIVES.
SO WE HAVE MADE IT CLEEFRAR TO
VLADIMIR PUTIN IF HE CONTINUES
TO ESCALATE THE WAY HE HAS AND
WE THINK THERE'S A HIGH
PROBABILITY TO ESCALATE WE WILL
ESCALATE.
THE MEASURES WILL GAIN MOMENTUM.
NEW MEASURES, NEW AUTHORITIES
WILL BE ENACTED IF VLADIMIR
PUTIN DOESN'T CHANGE COURSE.
IF HE DOES CHANGE COURSE,
HOWEVER, OUR APPROACH WILL
CHANGE, TOO.
OUR GOAL WITH ALL SANCTIONS
WHETHER AGAINST RUSSIA OR
ANOTHER COUNTRY SARKSNCTIONS ARE
NOT AN END AND THE END, THE
OBJECTIVE IN THIS CASE IS TO
BRING AN END TO THIS BRUTAL
CONFLICT BRUTALIZING THE PEOPLE
OF UKRAINE, THE COUNTRY OF
UKRAINE SO IF PUTIN HAS A CHANGE
OF MIND, OF HEART, IF THE
TACTICS AND STRATEGY CHANGE AND
SEE CONCRETE SIGNS OF