and they've been taking part in a virtual summit of the g 7 leaders, which is broken up in the course of the last 45 minutes, 50 minutes pisa. and if you'll allow me to read the statement that they've come up where there is pretty strong in fairness, 80 points it goes to walk. jonah was just telling us in his report there about sanctions, the options that are available. and you won't be surprised to hear that they condemn the actions of russia, the invasion of, of ukraine. they express their unshakable solidarity with ukraine. then they go into detail about the sorts of things that, that they consider to be important going forward about energy stability in the world. and at the, of the availability of energy supplies being guaranteed, lack clearly as a reference to the gas markets and the oil markets. remember that gap, that gas and oil, natural gas and oil are major cash crops as it were, revenue generators for russia. and could conceivably be targeted in sanctions and so there is reference to that in the statement that's coming from the g 7 leaders. remember that takes in the group

as head of the g 7 this afternoon, i will be convening a meeting of the g 7 as a video conference looking for a clear coordinated response to the situation will be coordinating closely with our international partners in natal and in the european union today in order to place further severe sanctions against russia now, and it is good that we have prepared for this event you ality carefully. the aim of our sanctions is to make it clear to the russian leadership that they will pay a better price for this aggression. the german foreign minister and alina barbara gave a statement earlier as well, in which she pledged to unleash a full package of sanctions on russia. here's what she said. this war is aimed at destroying the one thing for sure. the hopes of people ukraine, that after decades of lack of freedom that they would have a right to democracy at peace and a better future without oppression than hoping president whom b nima. you will never destroy this dream. you know what, you know, it is growing in ukraine and it is growing in your own country. it is my firm conviction that in russia

he had a meeting with the g-7 world leaders this morning.peech would be at noon now 12:30 and partly because they all want to speak from the same song sheet and hopefully that will be the case moving forward. lots more coverage. i assume we'll see you throughout the day. >> bill: the geopolitical consequences run the gamut. we talked about pakistan, taiwan, china. we'll watch it throughout the day. >> dana: harris faulkner is next. >> harris: fox news alert. putin's war the take over another european nation is on and it is time for americans to begin paying attention now. i mean, take a look at the world markets. bottom right of your screen. the world financial markets including our very own are taking a beating as a full scale war against ukraine is already shattering peace and stability in america. and -- in europe, excuse me. in america if you think the price of gasoline is high now, brace yourself. we buy

the idea of this g 7 virtual summit. well, that is taking place at the behest of all our shots, the german chancellor, because germany has the rotating presidency of the g 7 this year. there's got to be a g 7 summit later in june in bavaria, and so this will be a moment where those 7 world leaders plus representation from the e. u in the form of ursula funder lion and shod. michelle, who we saw speaking with the nato secretary general a few hours ago. they're all going to be talking about their response to what russia is doing in ukraine. and don't forget also more meetings taking place later . those same people shot michelle ursula funder lion. all of shots and many other heads of state and heads of government of the you who vol been converge to an extraordinary e u. summit taking place in brussels where they're going to hammer out what exactly those sections sanctions of they've been talking about. those sweeping punitive sanctions what exactly they will be knowing as they do as we do on al jazeera, because the ambassa

and now there will be a quick succession of meetings at the g 7. we'll talk virtually this afternoon. there's a special you top summit coming a special session of the job parliament on sunday at where it would have schoultz will hold a speech. so many words and the actions we will learn through the course of the day with a full package of sanctions will entail. as the german foreign minister put it earlier today, a very stern reaction is now expected. and this comes just over week after all. so it's himself traveled to moscow was with him on that trip, got the chance to ask vladimir putin, whether he will decide whether there will be a war. yes or no. and he said, of course russia does not want a war on european soil. well, it appears that those plans were already made, potentially, that decision was already made up for a venue putin for russia to launch this invasion, which clearly is aimed at he says as demilitarize in ukraine. but really what it means is changing the government into something more palatable, a full rutter, and a very serious sit

expected to meet with g-7 countries and addresses the nation. i'm tom hans , >>> it's thursday, february 24th, 2022. there is the "cbs morning news." breaking overnight, russia attacks ukraine. the military invasion that had been talked about for weeks is now under way. >>> explosions can be heard in the distance in the capital city of kyiv. witnesses also seeing flames miles away after russian president vladimir putin announced military operations in ukraine. this morning, president biden has vowed strong action as the u.s. and its allies promise to hold russia accountable. >>> well, good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. we are following major breaking news. after weeks of fear and tension, russia has launched an attack on ukraine. officials in ukraine say at least eight people have been killednd wounded by russian shelling. overnight, explosions have been reported in and around multiple ukrainian cities including karkiv in the east and areas in the south and the capital of kyiv. ukraine border guards say an attack has ta

also talked about many other topics that are important for us today, especially when it comes to the g-7 presidency of the federal republic of germany. we will work closely as strong economies, strong democracies, and we also, therefore, have a special mandate to contribute to cohesion worldwide. and part of this is that we continue to do everything we can to make sure that the citizens of the world can be vaccinated, not only in our rich countries, but also in countries where people would love to have the vaccine but don't have access yet. and these are initiatives that we have carried out together and that are of utmost importance worldwide. the same is true for fighting manmade climate change, a big topic that keeps us all busy. even though it is obvious that only a global solution can be successful because climate is a global thing. it doesn't stop at national borders. as an industrialized nations, we have an important contribution to make. we have technological opportunities, economic opportunities, and have to use them in order to prepare a situation where we and others can enjoy p

she went on to say his country would coordinate its response with g 7 nations, including over sanctions dead. nobody's assoni, another, a series of russian actions. acoya such as the approval of independence odl surface violates ukraine sovereignty, who said and territorial integrity. grossinger said one of the id, these actions are unacceptable at su hiena and we express our strong condemnation. so stay mac and gore. and in the future, stella, japan will pay close attention to the development of the situation in a well what with serious concern it and will coordinate its response, including sanctions in co operation with the international community here, including the g 7 group of nation. so say, or, or stay in my office at this japanese response is very different to another regional power. india. speaking of the un security council, it's permanent representative, had this to say, we call for a stream on all sides. the immediate priority is d escalation of pensions, taking into account the legitimate security interests of all countries and aimed toward securing long term peace and stab

earlier, the g 7 met virtually, and they say that they will port by unprovoked and unjustified attacks by russia. they said that this military action was proceeded by fabricated claims, an unfounded allegations, the g 7 saying that this is fundamentally changed. united at atlantic security situation, and that they bring forward severe and co ordinated economic and on mentioned thank sanction. that's the 1st time since the beginning of this crisis, we had heard from the hungarian prime minister, victor all been. now in the past he has been someone who's had a close relationship with person. i'm at now. we are hearing him. condemn was actually in ukraine. says that he expects unity on the european front, and he has also ruled out any hungarian assistance to the ukraine. the same sentiment coming from germany, where we heard from the vice chancellor also saying that germany will not apply to ukraine. and this is despite repeated requests from ukraine and the fact that germany has repeatedly said that it will not do that. we have the german chancellor has purpose, assistance and war. and i

we are talking about political and economic sanctions at the g. 7 leaders are coming to together this morning and they will also decide on them what's on the table is for example, the proposal to cut off rush hour from the electronic payment system. swift to, to put sectoral sanctions on a rush, us energy sector and military. there is also one option on the table to ban any exports of semiconductors. those small chips that are so important for many industries also for rush us military. i. so those are at options on the table, but of course, a given the situation in ukraine, the leaders of g 7 of the european union will decide what kind of political and economic sanctions. and they are determined now to impose against russia. alexander we've been hearing for weeks are particularly from the united states that an invasion of ukraine is eminent in europe. there were great efforts, of course to continue on the diplomatic passa when sanctions were introduced. they are just the last couple of days they were, they were very mild in response to what's happening in eastern ukraine through the r

so before that happens, we know that he's been meeting with his counterparts from g 7 countries. or what can we expect to come out of our rights are these whole days or are just kind of her having the headline that the western states and also the members of g $71.00 to show unity, that's probably the strongest weapon they have at this very moment against of let him you're putting, it was quite interesting. i could talk a general david portrays yesterday and he said that, put in a wanted to make her rush great again with his invasion. but what he really did was making nato again. and this is something a president biden has been stressing over the last couple of days. and that's also something we've heard in brussels earlier this morning that the western countries are still really staying strongly side by side to support ukraine in these difficult hours. and is this being c, i a, you mentioned that the president is going to address of the nation later today. we know that the political elite is taking this seriously. i wonder how much impact this is having a, on ordinary people ther

and then moments ago, word that he's also now meeting with g 7 leaders around the world as they coordinate what their response will be. as you're looking at some of the latest pictures and video here from ukraine smoke billowing up in the distance as the bombing continues. looks like russian helicopters now flying overhead. as i mentioned earlier, the capital city of has activated its air raid sirens and all residents be told to find shelter underground as it looks like the air attack continues yet. a lot of those residents, james, are in subway stations underground >> to try to protect themselves from the falling missiles and the attack that's being waged by land and sea and air. you're looking at the pictures here of the devastation that there that we can see and what you can't see are the people who have already left. i mean, there were traffic jams. they have freeways just like we do and traffic jams of people getting out of town over the last several days trying to flee the violence, trying to get to poland. in fact, the u.s. has of troops. now we're close to about 5,000 by the end of

and of course, that is also top of mind as, as he has into this g 7 meeting. and the u. s. secretary of defense, the secretary of state as well, has already been in contact with nato's secretary general, talking about the share response to this. and of course, we know that the pentagon proactively over the last few days, had already configured some troop movements within europe itself. moving more us infantry personnel into the baltic states toward the eastern flank, i and, and, and, and, and anticipation of any defensive posture that needs to be taken were russia to expand its invasion further. and heidi, in terms of the domestic implications of this for president by jan, how he handles this crisis, which many people see it could spiral into the bloody is conflict that europe has seen since since world war 2. it is going to have profound implications, isn't it for his political fortunes and us relations with the world? i think absolutely, but biden has been clear that he does not want to engage us forces in combat against russian troops. he wants to avoid that in all sc

convene a special meeting of the parliament where i will give a special state address as the head of the g 7. this afternoon, i will be convening a meeting of the g 7 as a video conference looking for a clear coordinated response to the situation will be coordinating closely with our international partners in natal and in the european union today in order to place further severe sanctions against russia now and it is good that we have prepared for this event you ality carefully. the aim of our sanctions is to make it clear to the russian leadership, that they will pay a better price for this aggression. it remains to be seen, but it will be clear that putin has made a terrible mistake by unleashing this war. let me address a word to our nato partners in poland, the baltic states, romania. let me assure you that we understand your concerns in the light of these developments all too well and we will support you. germany is committed to the mutual defense clause of nato, together with the french president. i would suggest that the heads of date and government of the nato countries meet in prese

as you quickly said, there will be a g 7 meeting happening later today. joe bind and earlier spoke with his ukranian counterpart, in which he condemned what he called an unprovoked, an unjustified attack by russian military forces. and that is the terminology we really hearing across europe and across the international community. the nato secretary general earlier said that there is a lot of stake. he is accused russia of trying to renew borders in europe and trying to rewrite the entire global security architecture. now as far as european leaders go, we've actually seen the same tweet coming from the european council chief, the e u commission chief and the top you diplomat joseph bureau. this is what they had to say. we strongly condemn rushes in justified attack on ukraine in these dark hours. our thoughts are with ukraine and the innocent women, men and children as they faced us, unprovoked attack and fear for their lives. we will hold the kremlin accountable later today, the e leaders will be holding an emergency summit in brussels to discuss how to m

he again, over the next few days is going to have a conversation with g 7 leaders. he, this is a holiday weekend here in the united states, but he is going to stay at the white house pap setting an example for president leslie to stay close to where the action is and where he can make decisions. of course, he could do that can david on his place and in delaware, but he staying here at the white house this weekend. clearly he sees this as an important 72 hours in, in what happens in the ukraine in ukraine. and he believes that he has a mast enough at economic and political support to be a deterrence to russia. but of course, the decision finally will be made by vladimir putin who's meant to be overseeing war games this weekend. the way on the american side is that these war games develop to something more and become an actual invasion or ukraine targeting keys in the initial stages. as he pointed out, a city of $2800000.00 and a concern for the humanitarian consequences that any of the vision would bring. not just to ukraine, but to neighboring countries such as pola

and this is following on also from a g 7 meeting that is taking place. today, the g 7 countries issuing another strong statement backing that move with regard to the swift banking system that allows money to be transferred from $1.00 part of the world to another part of the world and japan. this strongly brought backing at another g 7, meet member japan, backing it and also was telling you in the g 7 communicate that they are going to set up what they call a trans atlantic task force. the idea to place an implement these sanctions already . well, having the sanctions in place, but you've got to make sure that police and that will be the job of this new task force. all right, jane, thank you so much for magic editor jones base reporting from brussels. lots to talk about with me report cards, say, who's a rational specialist and fellow with the foreign policy research institute. you raise your program. he's also a former georgia ministry defense representative to the united nations. he's joining us from washington dc. good to have you with us on al jazeera

we have to be unified, the g-7 and nato in doing that.ss we're looking at those sanctions as well and lastly, the resistance we'll see in ukraine they are fighting the russians right now. we have provided ammunition and sniper rifles and javelins that i signed off on in my position and probably end up giving them more. >> harris: so, you know, you probably heard general kellogg say moments ago, we played a little of his interview from "fox & friends." basically it's a lost cause in terms of russia taking ukraine. we know that, you know, he wants the yesteryears of the cold war and soviet union. what else could he do at this point? he has crimea, he is taking ukraine. what exactly does he want? >> he wants the old empire back. >> harris: every single country of that. >> as you know ukraine is not nato. article 5 is not triggered. we won't put boots on the ground in ukraine but if he goes into the baltic states, rumania, hungary or poland that would trigger article 5 and that warning that you mentioned that putin laid out, ballistic missile

s. president joe biden says that further sanctions will be announced after a meeting with g 7 and beta allies on friday. our white house correspondent, kimberly hallett reports after consulting with this national security council in the white house situation room, and a virtual meeting with g 7 leaders. you as president joe biden made good on his promise to inflict massive costs on russian president vladimir putin for invading ukraine. who is the aggressor who chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. the new sanctions target major russian bags and russian elite and in coordination with allies, representing more than half the global economy, are designed to cut off russia from the world's financial system. russian assets in the us are also now frozen. we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars euro's pounds and yet export controls to curtail rush and high tech imports are also being opposed to cripple russia's military and high tech capabilities. the moves are backed by top, congressional democrats, like senate leader, chuck sure, who condemne

g-7, and they can decide a lot of how much aid goes into ukraine.he i.m.f. also has -- we're working with them closely to assess the needs and to think about instruments. >> brennan: is one of the decisions to be made what to do after the government falls? what will happen if this is a government in exile or this is an insurgency? does the help to the ukrainian people continue? >> i'm not at all at that point. we're not trying to look at lookat hypotheticals. we're looking to support the people of ukraine, for the people of the region. and also for the people of russia. you know, they didn't choose war. the phrase in russia is no to war. so it is not clear how this is all going to play out. one thing is, you know, the ark of history is for russia to be closer to europe. there is all of this talk about china, but that is not a natural alliance. it is more -- ser and ru and people were wondering, are they going to get together and work together? no sign of that for the long run. russia wants to use china with the swift -- they have a mire system that

the president also participated in a virtual discussion about the invasion with other g-7 leaders. let's bring in nbc's alice barr who has the latest from washington, d.c. >> reporter: war has arrived in ukraine. russia launching a broad invasion by land and air, bombarding major cities across the country, including the capital of kyiv. world leaders united in outrage against russian president vladimir putin's attack on a sovereign country. president biden addressing the nation. >> putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. >> reporter: amid reports of casualties, ukrainian civilians taking shelter or racing to evacuate. so many terrified and tearful. >> we see this happening to the country is just devastating? missile strikes largely targeting military installations in airfields as u.s. defense officials say russia's trying to decapitate and replace ukraine's pro-western government. president biden meeting with his national security advisers and top allies in the g-7, coordinating harsh new sanctions aimed at crushing the r

to nato to the g-7. u.n. russia with a seat at the security council.nternational systems put in place to stop something like this from happening have not worked. is the west to include our white house, capable, should he go even further or should things go in a certain direction of wielding what is necessary to justify the infrastructure that exists to defend the west? do we have in us to take on a thug should he go even further? >> yeah. i mean, that's a great question, pete, and it gets at the heart of the challenges we have been facing here. and why putin himself sees the opportunity that he has taken here. i mean, he obviously sees the political and social divisions that exist in europe and also in the united states. he also looks at the united states as not just about biden but he looks at the united states in its entirety and he says he looks and says well, they can't even do their own knitting so to speak. we have an open border where thugs and criminals and traffickers are rolling through it. we have a crime wave from this country. and epidemic

>> sure, definitely if past is presence, we will get a readout from the call with g-7 leaders and thebly has other phone calls that he will be making. we know that secretary of state has been speaking with counterparts, he spoke with the secretary general of nato, overnight, a number of administration are administration officials, talking with their counterparts across the government and the president is part of that, that g-7 meeting, will certainly get a readout from that. and then we will hear from the president himself, when he addresses the american people for the first time about this. >> we are looking now, carol, on our screen, at some of the international reaction. you talked about president biden's, you know, tough aggressive tone toward vladimir putin as you described and similar from boris johnson and putin has chosen bloodshed, from the australian prime minister, scott morrison, a brutal invasion, the new german chancellor, olaf scholz saying this is a blatant violation of number law and the japanese prime minister strongly condemning russia, working in cooperation with t

s. president on little sleep prepared to meet with the g 7 leaders. we expect that to happen about 14 g m t that will be a virtual meeting. and then the u. s. president promises to speak to the american public and we expect that some time around 17 g m t. but don't hold me to that. those times can be flexible. what the u. s. president wants to talk about is essentially next steps because of course the us announced and coordination with as partners and allies. what they said were the 1st wave of sanctions designed to deter russia from an invasion, but promised more if that were to happen. so now we expect that the u. s. president will again, and coordination with allies go a step further already. we know that there have been steps taken to essentially isolate russia from raising money in the global financial system and that shutting down of nord stream to that gas pipeline worth about $11000000000.00 now on hold in terms of the gas and oil that it could bring from russia to europe, but we expect the u. s. president is going to go further. was he talks

the g 7 saying that this is fundamentally changed. united you add an antique security situation way and the thing to when full way. so here and co ordinated economic and financial and thank sanctions on all public figures. support a mass kind of notion of russia. australian journalist john pills are a think so worse than politicians have at least some share in the blame the hypocrites on parade. watch them on cnn. the bbc read them wall to wall. now imagine a strategic enclave of britons or french, or germans or americans under violent siege. sheldon, terrorized for 8 years. would this be tolerated by the rulers of the world? and nato has condemned the russian operation, calling at a horrifying attack on ukraine, which is entirely unjustified and unprovoked political analysts, unequal america, which thinks the worse than alliance is in no position to accuse others of aggression. if you look at brown university's analysis of american and natal strikes as since 911 attacks in new york, we're counting today more than 900000 dead. we're c

, welcome to the shop in london now to washington because the us president joe biden is speaking to g 7. allies to come up with a coordinated responds to the russian invasion. earlier, he released this statement. he said, president putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering. russia alone is responsible for the death and the destruction. this attack will bring and the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way the world will hold russia accountable. white house correspond, kimberly how kit, monitoring events for us. they're up and down the streets of washington. kimberly, when he announces the 2nd tron of sanctions, which we think will happen later today or 1st thing, tomorrow morning, your time. what do they do beyond that? all that is certainly the big question here are in the united states and fact that is something that has been asked by congressional members, especially there are watching carefully to see what the u. s. president will have to say. he is expected to speak to the american

. >> reporter: after meetings with his national security team, and g-7 world leaders, president biden unveiled what he describes as unprecedented sanctions against russia. >> we estimate it will cut off more than half of russia's high- tech imports, and will strike a blow to to their ability to continue to modernize their military. it will degrade their aerospace industry, including their space program. >> reporter: meanwhile nato says it will activate defense plans to defend its eastern flank. around 7000 additional u.s. troops will deploy to germany. president biden says he will not send u.s. forces into ukraine. they are there to shore up nato, though the u.s. has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in military equipment to help ukrainians defend their country. >> we do not expect anyone to fight for us, but we expect all the help and response the west consent to us. >> reporter: u.s. forces in poland have set up camps to receive refugees from ukraine, while loved ones here in the u.s. fear for their safety. >> it is painful to see my family being on both sides, being in ukraine,

earlier, the g 7 met virtually, and they say that they will and poured by unprovoked and unjustified attacks by russia. they said that this military action was preceded by, fabricated claims, an unfounded allegations, the g 7 saying that this has fundamentally changed united atlantic security situation and that those 2 are when full with the severe and co ordinated economic and financial bank sanction. and now back to our breaking news from ukraine, after a few hours, the relative calm overnights, early morning, this friday, powerful explosions, have reportedly been heard in ukraine's capital city key. if now for more on this, i am joined again by eager, eager donna who has been closely following this situation. the operation, the russian military operation has entered the 2nd phase day to with exposure, reportedly been heard in kiev. what can you tell us? you go? well indeed apparently this is what's been going on. first. we saw some videos that have been spread across social media showing the very bright object in the night sky that fell onto the residential quarters. you can actua

the russian central bank will be frozen st with this measure because they are hold in bangs of the g 7 countries. and these represent more, less half of the reserves of the russian government. these will be frozen and this is going to be effect. think a lot, if financial system of russia as i said, is being done in go to the nation with the international partners with a clear message that russians who enable the invasion of ukraine would have to be a higher, a very high price. for the section. we are going after the grills of buttons, elite people who shall bore him and benefit from this regime. and in addition to these new package of sanctions, we are advancing work on sanctions regimes targeting corruptions specifically as well as for name formation manipulation, an interference 3rd line of work of the ministers to they engage on diplomatic efforts. they are already a pollution results. as you have seen on the vote on the security conceal no one's reporting bratia. i work in order to make the way this possible international condemnation that asia lation of russia. russia will be isol

this is not a question of deep romantic power games is a matter of life and death earlier, the g 7 made virtually, and they say that they will apport by unprovoked and unjustified attacks by russia . they said that this military action was proceeded by fabricated claims, an unfounded allegations, the g 7 saying that this is fundamentally changed. united atlantic security situation, and that they bring forward severe and coordinated economic on mentioned bang sanction. meanwhile, president partners just unveiled what he called devastating sanctions on russia's military operation. caleb open joining us live from new york to give us a breakdown on what was said. caleb, you've been following the president press conference with the media. what more do we know about this new trance of punitive measures? well, when we heard from joe biden, the u. s. president, he laid out new sanctions on russia. these spoke specifically of some banks that will be targeted specifically talk to products being outlawed, to export to russia. u. s. companies will not be able to export certain products to russia. n

was trying to tease g 7 ambassador. since i know this is all part of the democratic transfer, but apparently he was quite an unconvincing. so they were drafting new decrease on thursday, and this is the, the resulting decree. what it is, what it seems to be, is a consolidating of the 3 main power of states. so back in september, when he decided to rule by decree, he certainly had executive legislative pilots. that was quite straightforward. but since july, the 21st, when he made this power grab, the judiciary has firmly opposed him and there's been a long, bitter battle between ty side, the supreme judicial council. so said this, this week, these past 8 days, everything has come to a heads. and all this week, the, the magistrates from the association of magistrates has been striking and fighting back. they've been demanding your reinstatement to the supreme judicial council. the supreme judicial council itself has filed a court case against the ministry of interior to demand the keys to the headquarters back. and there

earlier, the g 7 made virtually, and they say that they will and a port by unprovoked and unjustified attacks by russia. they said that this military action was preceded by, fabricated, claims, an unfounded allegations, the g 7 saying that this has fundamentally changed. united atlantic security situation way and the thing too, when forward. so here and co ordinated, economic and financial thank sanction. not all public figures support the must condemnation of russia. australian journalists, john pilcher, thinks western politicians are guilty of hypocrisy. the hypocrites on parade. watch them on cnn, the bbc read them wall to wall. now imagine a strategic enclave of britons or french, or germans or americans under violent siege, sheldon, terrorized for 8 years. would this be tolerated by the rulers of the world? nay, so has condemned the russian operation. calling it's a horrifying, it's hard on ukraine, which is entirely on justified under promote political unless nicolo mur, cove, it's things the western alliance is in no positions or accuse others of aggression . if you look at bro

you, as president says, he'll be announcing further measures against moscow after a meeting with g 7 and the nature allies. friday, joe biden says, russian leader is trying to test western resolve more than 1700 people are reported to have been arrested during until protested russia thousands conversion the streets of at least 50 cities after learning of their president's order to invade ukraine furnace methods. this report now from moscow just a few hours after launching the biggest invasion of a european countries in the 2nd world war. it looked like business as usual at the kremlin. pakistan's prime minister was the guest. but my vladimir putin's mind have been elsewhere. as the 2 men talked, russia's military was advancing in ukraine. these trucks were headed from crimea to the cranium border. part of an army that had surrounded a country of 40000000 people, a country that russia's president has said he doesn't think should exist in an address to russian than ukrainians. putin said his aim was to demilitarize ukraine, and he made clear his antipathy for the government in kiev, do

the in of blood, not a question of diplomatic power games is a matter of life and death earlier, the g 7 mate virtually. and they say that they will poured by unprovoked and unjustified attacks by russia. they said that this military action was preceded by fabricated claims, an unfounded allegations, the g 7 saying that this has fundamentally changed united atlantic security situation and that they will bring forward with severe and coordinated economics and finance, finance bank sanctions. well, those are the headlines for the sour here on auto international back in 30 minutes . little the latest headlines, including, of course, all talk story on what exactly is going on in ukraine. join us again, then on our things in ashburn. mm. ah. or across the entire russian capital. this is audrey international with.

now we understand that he's been talking with the leaders of the g 7 about sanctions on russia. new sanctions from the i did states on russia are expected to be imposed. here is some of what we've heard from joe biden so far in anticipation of his upcoming speech. brush loan is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring. and the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way. the world will hold russia accountable. now u. s. media has been flooded with reports expressing sympathy for the situation in, for citizens in ukraine. but there does not seem to be any mention in you as the media of these 14000 civilians who have died in the people's republic of don ask and lu hans gus sense this conflict began 8 years ago. furthermore, us media continues to report on these events as if these 2 republics were simply declared immediately just recently by the russian president, ignoring that the people's republic of done ads, the peoples republic of lou hans declared independence in 2014. and that russia is just now recognizing them

earlier the g 7 mate virtually, and they say that they will poured by unprovoked and unjustified attacks by russia . they said that this military action was preceded by fabricated claims, an unfounded allegations, the g 7 saying that this has fundamentally changed united atlantic security situation. and that those 2 are when full, severe and co ordinated, economic and financial thank sanction or con, cross law of now solano, legal and media. unless thanks for joining us, a good savvy with us today. now, as we heard the from a president boyden, you're saying he's got no plans to talk with president putin do. you think talking now might actually be a good idea. i can't think of any reason why it would not be a good idea. and in fact, we need a lot more and what we really need, especially here as a tutorial on the history of what this is all about. because i am shocked at the number of people that i meet, who are seemingly relatively intelligent and get educated who have not the slightest idea of what we're even talking about. but what they are getting them from mainstream media sock puppet

maximize the long-term impact on russia, and the president addressing the nation after meeting with g-7 leaders, suggesting there's not a lot of daylight between the partners as they approach next steps toward russia, although acknowledging that the idea of moving russia out of the s.w.i.f.t. banking system, that's an intermediary that allows banks to transfer funds between each other, that that necessarily doesn't have the full support of allies, but he says the sanctions that they've announced exceed moving against that s.w.i.f.t. membership. let's bring in nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker. i just ticked off a couple of the headlines here. a lot packed into this briefing. >> there is a lot to unpack, lester. and i think that you hit some of the big highlights here. let's talk about what happened and what didn't happen. president biden announcing strong new sanctions against some of the largest financial institutions in russia. that, on top of the sanctions that he announced against financial institutions earlier this week. he also announced that they are targeti

s. president says he'll be announcing phil the measures against moscow off for a meeting with g 7 of nato allies on friday, jo bite. and so the russian leda is trying to test western resolve the port city of mario paul is one of the cities under attack. its mass as they'll fight back musical. no, i can do for you. yes, i did. i say i want to reassure you that our military spirit is at the highest level. nobody will surrender mario poke, we will defend our city and our land of zeros. charles stratford is just outside maria pole. on thursday morning he saw a convoy of tanks, some flying ukrainian flags. i'm close to a chick point on the outskirts all my real military vehicles behind me. heading down the road, heading west. nobody can see quite yet on the other side of the road. there was a, a convoy of tanks appearing in the last chain, 50 minutes or so. we've heard the distinct, she thought, of what sound to bay grad miss. isles being used. these are these missiles with the state that you see that coming out heading hate to marry awful. that's i say the last few minutes we've heard th

at the g 7 meeting this afternoon, we agreed to work in unity to maximize the economic price the pigeon will pay for his aggression. and this must include ending europe's collective dependence on rational and gas denise of to empower gluten for too long. so i, i welcomed again, chancellor shows his excellent decision to hope was that if the cation of no stream to mister speaker, countries that together comprise about half the world economy. and now engage in maximizing pressure, economic pressure on one that makes up a me a 2 percent for our part to day. the u. k. is announcing the largest to most of the package of economic sanctions that russia has ever seen with new financial measures . we're taking new powers to target russian finance. in addition to the banks we've already sanctioned this week to day, in concert with united states, we are imposing a foe asset freeze on the t b. more broadly. these powers, when we're labeled us totally to exclude russian banks from the u. k. financial system, which is of course by far the largest in europe, stopping them from accessing sterling and c

government can try to put pressure on. 3 the air, the authorities here will be holding phone calls with g 7 members later, largely to get everyone on board to cause the, the criminal off from this all important. so cross border payment to scheme been as dominant raise that as some big concerns among european credits is that if the door was a shots when it comes to the flow of cash, then european credit is not gonna get that cash back from, from russia overseas. the moment britain wants to make sure the what is prioritized as the safety and security of ukraine and short term cash flow concerns are no longer the forefront of western economies. mines. nice, thanks for that need barca life is there in london. now us sanctions are also targeting rushes financial system. president joe biden say he wants to impede russia's ability to do business white house correspondent, kimberly how can win on that? after consulting with his national security council in the white house situation room and a virtual meeting with g 7 leaders, us president joe biden made good on his promise to inflict massive costs

you, as president says, he'll be announcing further measures against moscow after meeting with g 7 data allies on friday. and joe biden says that vladimir putin is trying to test weston resolve. well, joe biden, once that sanctions, to impede russia's ability to do business and say enough from our white house correspondent, kimberly alcott, after consulting with his national security council in the white house situation room, and the virtual meeting with g 7 leaders, us president joe biden made good on his promise to inflict massive costs and russian president vladimir putin for invaded ukraine, who is the aggressor who chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. the new sanction target major russian bags and russian league, and in coordination with allies representing more than half the global economy, are designed to cut off russia from the world's financial system. russia, assets and the u. s. are also now frozen. we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars. euro's pounds and yen export controls to curtail rushing high tech imports are also bei

a minister trying to piece g 7 states. it seems that he's gone back to, he's much more sort of author, terry. and so the strong man type of resume sions. and today they will be march demanding the reopening of the superior traditional council. so this still the same football to play for that was on a question with this plan protest. i mean, how might this impact things that people allowed to, to gather on the coven rule, as we might to this latest move, fire out the protest. this some, i mean this will serve to me, you put far in the protest is values for sure. it's a complex situation because under rules, big gatherings and process is still bound. i was speaking with the executive committee citizens against the q who organizing this protest. and they said that they see ha mm, come to some kind of agreement with the police about how the demonstration was going to play out. because there's a lot of discontent within the police because they've been purchased and they feel, you know, in a very fragile. 1 position that's where