he was involved in the banking sector, working his way up from a clerk to chairman of the national bank of ukraine. however, in this post he did not decide anything himself. in 1099, he became prime minister of the government of ukraine in 1993 by a twist of fate. on a plane from the united states, he sat next to a united states citizen, catherine clair too much ankle. they were soon married. catherine clara too much ankle. she was born in 1961 in the united states. from the age of 14, she was a member of the ultra nationalist union of ukrainian youth. she worked as director of the ukrainian national information service of the washington bureau of the ukrainian committee of the american congress. and also as an assistant to the under secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs. and she worked in the us treasury and the u. s congress. the u. s. attention to the upcoming presidential elections with side by side with direct pressure on the ukranian establishment. major forces were engaged in the struggle, including george soros or wishing liberals like lead me mission layers, decisio

he was involved in the banking sector, working his way up from a clerk to chairman of the national bank of ukraine. however, in this post he did not decide anything himself. in 1999, he became prime minister of the government of ukraine in 1993 by a twist of fate. on a plane from the united states, he sat next to a united states citizen, catherine clair too much ankle. they were soon married. catherine clara too much ankle. she was born in 1961 in the united states or from the age of 14. she was a member of the ultra nationalist union of ukrainian youth. she worked as director of the ukrainian national information service of the washington bureau of the ukrainian committee of the american congress. and also as an assistant to the under secretary of state for human rights and humanitarian affairs. and she worked in the us treasury and the u. s congress. the u. s. attention to the upcoming presidential elections was side by side with direct pressure on the ukrainian establishment. major forces were engaged in the struggle, including george soros or wishing law. gibbons was a good evening mission. la

of the whole nation. and people have people have to have everything in shops, every services that they need, a national bank of ukraine on our banking system. they have every single resource in order to satisfy the financial needs of the country to protect the interests of the section of ukraine. i am grateful fully to oh, national polo petitions who supported ukraine and protect and defend a independence. we don't have the opponents now. among us. we all the citizens of that beautiful country and we are fighting for our freedom with defending. i have fraser be prepared to protect your country on the squares of your cities and towns . we will will great will relieve the sanctions of only a key every citizen of ukraine who is ready to.

talked about some banks, so it is according to regulation of nation of bank of ukraine.money can be taken by cash. and so it is -- today we provide services like you mentioned, and so it is walk in regular time. so but i forgot to mention, we made decision -- children stayed home, so they have, like, education online. also with our universities. so also education online. >> and education going online. deputy mayor, please, we hope that you can stay safe, and we do appreciate you being with us this morning. >> as we noted, there is this large scale aerial assault on ukraine right now. at least 16 and i think i've lot count here how many locations we have reports of explosions. i'm joined now by cnn's senior global affairs analyst bianna golodryga. i'm looking at this. my question to you is are the russian people seeing this, do the russians have any sense of the scale of destruction now or frederik pleitgen watching the missiles being shot from their territory over the border into ukraine? >> it is night and day. in the year 2022, given all the communications and technolo

we need more of that and more medicine, supplies and national bank of ukraine opened a special accountf the national bank, it is verified, give whatever you are able to give. finally, just very briefly, we are going to take a look at the scene where those talks between ukraine and russian representatives will happen today in belarus. do you have any expectation for those talks? well, our delegation will be there for two reasons, first to listen to what the aggressor has to say to us. and our eyes, in our faces, those people who were calling us brothers. second of all, to tell them in the clearest words, that ukraine is not going to seed any inch of its territory, not any inch of its freedom. —— ukraine is not going to cede. thank you. now to the polish border. kasia madera is there for us. the small border town that has seen waves of people coming across. estimates of 400,000 people leaving ukraine, 200,000 pressing into poland over the past few days. huge numbers. polish authorities saying ukrainians are very much welcome. the first port of call we are seeing what people experience wh

of us. everyone, all staff need to be provided with goods and services. the national bank and the banks of ukraineave all the resources necessary to secure the state's financial resource, everything to provide for the defense of ukraine and for the interests of our people. i am grateful to all our politicians and who stand in defense of our independence. we don't have political opponents now. we are all citizens of a wonderful country and we are -- stand in defense of our freedom. be ready to support your state in the squares of your cities. we will remove sanctions on any citizen of ukraine. the security council has decided to remove sanctions to anyone who has been able to take up arms as part of territorial defense. this morning, dear citizens, this morning has gone down in history but it is a different history for us and for russia. we have severed diplomatic relations with russia. ukraine is defending itself and shall not cede its freedom to ukrainians, the independence and the right to live on our land is the highest value. russia has attacked our state in a cunning way, in a way that german

course that will be inflicted on russia and strong support provided for ukraine sanctions, of course, swift. even russian national banks that hold financial reserves in foreign currencies and trade restrictions and belarus, tanks are rolling from belarus to the ukraine capital. full isolation on the ukraine side, military aid should be provided finance lines should be open like president roosevelt did for the united kingdom in the second world war. if ukraine falls, peace in europe will fall this will have a spillover effect on the continent. >> absolutely it will. i want to bring viewers across the line you mentioned the other day in the research. there is a deficit of firearms for ukrainians they want them for procedureses and licensing. can you talk more about that >> this situation has been lib liberalized since last time we spoke. ukraine created additional to the permanent armed forces territory units could sign up to mount resistance and protect families and communities these people will need assistance that is already containing russian capacity to takeover ukraine. i think we should do as much as possible at t

of the nation starts march 4th on d, w. ah, western economy said they're united on sanctions. should russia invade ukraine? penalties against banks and businesses could hit normal russians hard as well as europeans will look at what's on the table and what the ripple effects might be. also on the show berlin's annual loved letter to film the berlin ali is underway. german cinemas themselves are meanwhile struggling to fill seats. and it's a ship of superlatives that needs a new buyer. the massive global dream fits unfinished on germany's baltic coast. the latest sign of the crews, industries struggles to stay afloat alone. welcome to the show. i'm seen beardsley in berlin, banks, businesses and investors are keeping a close eye on the russian troop build up on ukraine's borders. a sanctions are a special fear, finance ministers from the g 7 group of industrialized nations saying monday that they were ready to impose massive economic sanctions against russia. in the event of an invasion, targeting banks and individuals on the u. s. is also said, it could put an end to the north stream to pipeline. that's intended to be an importan

defense systems repelled the effects. russia's invasion of ukraine has led to global condemnation and more sanctions. western nations have targeted banks, oligarchs, and other wealthy individuals, but ukraine's president says they aren't enough to stop the russian advance. let's stay with that idea. the concepts of sanctions which largely have now kicked in because they kick in immediately. e leaders have agreed to impose sanctions that target 70 percent of the russian banking market, as well as major state owned companies. after close coordination with the white house there being submitted for approval as a meeting to, to be held in brussels to day. the sanctions, however, stopped short of blocking russia from the swift global into bank payment system. that's based in belgium, us sanctions targeting rushes financial system. joe biden, you as president yesterday saying he wants to impede russia's ability to do business. kimberly hallett with more from the white house 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 pro

bank. some of the bands are placed on the national wealth fund and the ministry of finance. effectively immobilizing any rushing central-bank asset -- asset held in the u.s.. a $500 million in military aid to ukraine for lethal weapons. the first on the block has provided arms to a country at war. it aims to provide fighter jets to the ukrainian air force. bp has moved to sell its shares in a russian oil giant. it may take a financial hit by joining the campaign to isolate russia's economy. bp has been in russia for three decades and just weeks ago was staunchly defending its presence there. td bank is expanding in the u.s. southeast agreeing to buy front horizon. representing a 37% premium. first horizon operates 412 branches in 12 states. td bank says it has a large presence. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. this is bloomberg. ♪ ries. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it was clear from the west energy was off-limits. energy now is an industry that is being reconsidered as being off-limits. jonathan: cannot overstate the sheer importance of the weekend. i can tell you we've had understatement of the

nations counteract the bombardment of ukraine by fomenting financial crisis in moscow and beyond. the value of the russian currency slumping today and concerns rising about the stability of the nation's major banks and eu to prohibit trade with russia's equivalent of the bank of england. this normally never happens and was designed to prevent russia from using its war chest of reserves to protect its currency. the rouble was down an incredible 25% today, having at one point lost a third of its value. these are record lows that will push up prices across russia. authorities closed the moscow stock market but major russian firms also trade in london, including its biggest bank, sberbank, which saw its value full by three quarters as european depositors fled. and the russian gas giant gazprom also fell sharply, more than halving in value today. we are defending democracy and freedom and the most important way we can do that is by supporting sanctions which are incredibly severe and unprecedented in scope and scale and will already be making and scale and will already be making an impact on the russian economy and undermining the putin regime. the central bank of russia had to double interest rates

have included cyberattacks that took down the websites of ukraine's two largest banks, and the foreign and defense ministries. today, deputy nationalvisor for cyber, anne neuberger, blamed the russian government. >> while of limited impact, this recent spate of cyberattacks in ukraine are consistent with what a russian effort could look like in laying the groundwork for more disruptive cyber attacks accompanying a potential further invasion. >> schifrin: senior u.s. officials say that invasion could come at any minute, because more russian troops have arrived in the last few days, and are in a heightened readiness. meanwhile, nato tried to demonstrate unity. in munich, vice president kamala harris led a day of diplomacy, with the nato secretary general and baltic leaders. >> the focus for us, in working together, is to further coordinate. >> schifrin: but the rhetoric doesn't match all of the reality. germany refuses to provide ukraine lethal weapons, a policy foreign minister annena baerbock defended. >> we are saying we are not selling weapons to everybody in the world, but only to our partners, nato partners and european union p

of the russia, ukraine, crisis, western nations. now ramping up sanctions against russia, with steps including blocking some of its banks from the swift global payment system. russia's currency, the rubel, tumbled to fresh record lows. and the russian central bank has raised its key interest rate more than doubling it to 20 percent on wall street. markets are under pressure monday. morning futures for the s and p 500 index dropped about 1.4 percent. while futures for the tech heavy nasdaq, $100.00 declined roughly 1.2 percent. as the volatility index rose to with highest level seen in over a year. the pan continental stock europe $600.00 also felt approaching a correction. this while china's hang saying index retreated, point 2 percent at the close of monday, trading the lowest since march 2020. the peak of the pandemic as the market is down, oil prices are up. brent crude oil, the international oil benchmark rows as much as 7 percent to trade as high as a $105.00 per barrel. texas intermediate proved futures. the u. s. benchmark also gained as much as 7 percent to trade above $98.00 per barrel. meantime, investors are on high alert a

of a war zone. a councilman set up through ukraine's national bank right now for humanitarian needs and to support the country's military. you can find how to donate to the consulate. social are on the council. social media page. so give that a look. if you'd like to donate. meanwhile, an app, a man and his girlfriend who evacuated from ukraine should have arrived at the polish border. that's according to his mother, has been keeping very close contact with him from her home there in napa. we have cell phone video of people evacuating on foot from ukraine during day one of the russian invasion. you can see their 26 year-old napa resident aaron starr who's been in ukraine with his ukrainian girlfriend, took this video showing people trying to get out of harm's way. his mother tells us that star decided to leave ukraine right after the attack began. >> people walking with just a backpack. we have lines of people walking. he's sitting in this car brighton to say least amount of safety and he's not over the porous border, i'm proud of him for focusing other people and drawing our attention to really matte

of nato. we need to get behind nato, and the ukraine, and democracy writ large. where it hurts in the wallet targeting the nation's banksealthy citizens speaking of the president, elon musk firing new shots at the white house over his claims that the admin doesn't show enough love to the e.v. giants in new comments to cnbc, no more masks

of ukraine's capital as people flee the city. >>> here in the u.s., growing concerns about russian cyberattacks, authorities most concerned about the electrical grid, communication networks, pipelines, water facilities and banks. national security officials have been warning business leaders and local governments. another concern for americans, rising prices at the supermarket. ukraine known as europe's breadbasket and russia account for nearly 30% of the global wheat market. the white house says americans should be prepared for rising food and gas prices. >> what we're seeing as the impact of not enough competition in the industry but the president has repeatedly expressed concern about costs for the american people. that's one of the reasons he continues to press for steps with congress that will lower significant costs on people's budgets. >> and russia is also a key producer of copper and aluminum. the war could cause more supply chain disruptions. stay with abc news for the latest from ukraine. our team is reporting from across the region and later this half hour a closer look at vladimir putin. >>> we turn now to the truckers protesting covid restrictions organizing convoys and traveling to washington, d.c. threa

of ukraine. cnn is reporting that u.s. officials met with the top bosses of the nation's largest banks to talk about how they're pro techingar, spearfishing and any other cyber attacks. this comes after the u.s. does believe the russians were behind wide scale cyber attacks in ukraine this week and the u.s. central bank is preparing for possible attacks as well. reuters is reporting that these banks have been conducting cyber war games to test out their defenses. last week we told you the cyber security and infrastructure security agency issued a shields up alert, unprecedented. they're advising all american organizations to adopt a heightened posture when it comes to protecting the most critical assets. the administration is concerned about critical infrastructure. we're talking about power plants, water treatment plants and gas pipelines like the colonial pipeline that was hit by ransomware last year. while there's no credible threat, the white house says they have been getting ready for cyber attacks since november. here's ann euberger when she was asked if banks and other private companies are ready. >> we shared sensi

of money that russian nationals will be able to deposit in their u.k. bank accounts, and sanctions will also be applied to belarus for its role in the assault on ukraine.verall, we will be imposing active freezes on more than 100 new entities and individuals. on top of the 100 we have already announced. this includes all the major manufacturing groups who support putin's war machine. furthermore, we are also banning aeroflot from the u.k. in concert with the united states and eu, we will introduce new trade restrictions and stringent export controls similar to those that they in the u.s. are implementing. we will bring forward new legislation to ban the export of all dual use items to russia, including a range of high-end and critical technological equipment in sectors including electronics, telecommunications, and aerospace. legislation to implement this will be late or early next week. these trade sanctions will constrain russia's military, industrial and technological capabilities for years to come. we are bringing forth measures from the crime bill to be introduced before the house rises for easter, and we will set out further details before easter

bank holiday to protect the financial system. the united nation agency says 370,000 ukrainians have arrived in neighboring counts. >>> continuing coverage of the attack on ukraine on kpix.com and streaming on cbs news bay area. >>> new at five a person is dead after a house fire in oakland this morning. crews say that flames sparked around 10:30 near lin den street and grand avenue. chopper 5 flying over the aftermath. firefighters put out the flames in 45 minutes. sadly an elderly man was found dead inside the home. it is unclear what started the fire. >>> now to coronavirus, we should find out tomorrow when state leaders will lift the mask mandate for california schools. in grades k through 12, a group called parents for mask choice rallied in san francisco and organizers say it is time that school kids stop to wear masks. >> kids are at low risk during covid. if you look at the data the risk for them is less for them like the common flu and heart disease and car accidents and two years of disruption in their lives. >> mask mandates could be lifted soon just weeks after the state eased mask rules in most indoor locations. >>> today new york's governor says sh

publicly blamed for attacks on bnk -- bank websites in ukraine this week and today here in the united states, officials met with representatives from some of the nation's biggest banks to discuss the possibility of cyberattacks by the russians. as we've done every night this week, we want to talk to our reporters in the key locations as only cnn can, our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins, chief international correspondent clarissa ward in the ukrainian capitol of kyiv and jill doherty in moscow now, cnn contributor and expert on russia at the wilson center in washington. kaitlan, first to you, obviously the remarks from president biden are hugely significant, most definitive characterization to date of russia's intentions, what makes the president so sure in what sort of diplomat, efforts remain on going? >> reporter: i think what makes them so sure, john is the intelligence, and the president citing the capability they have earlier there when he was speaking with reporters just briefly on this but what we're hearing from source as really what the president says today matches and lines up with what they have been seeing and reading in the

of course, nighttime. there several european nations se they'll provide ukraine with weapons and ammunition missing through germany, which has resisted the move so far. certain russian banks are to be bought from the international financial system. the targets include rushes, central bank, which holds reserves with $600000000000.00. we commit to ensuring that a certain number of russian banks are removed from swift. this will ensure that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and hom, their ability to operate globally swiss, the wells dominant, global inter bank payment system. cutting banks off will stop them from conducting most of their financial transactions worldwide and effectively block ration exports . and inputs, more than a 100000 people across from ukraine into poland. warsaw is expected to help as many as 5000000 people in the weeks ahead. but crowds at checkpoints are so large, it could take people 3 days to be processed. elisa launch a crackdown to deal with a growing anti war sentiment across russia. close to 2000 people. angry over the war and ukraine had been arrested since the offensive began. the unrest has spread to 54 cit

ukraine's two largest banks and the foreign and defense ministries. today the deputy national security adviser blamed the russian government. >> while unlimited impact, this recent state ofks in ukraine are consistent with our russian effort and laying the groundwork for more disruptive cyber attacks, accompanying a potential further invasion. nick: senior u.s. officials say the invasion could come at any minute because more russian troops have arrived in the last few days and are in height and readiness. nato tried to demonstrate unity. in munich, vice president harris led a day of diplomacy with the nato secretary-general and baltic leaders. vp harris: the focus for us in working together is to further coordinate. nick: the rhetoric does not match all the reality. germany refuses to provide ukraine lethal weapons, a policy the foreign minister defended. >> we are not selling weapons to everybody in the world, but only to our partners. nato partns and european union partners. nick: the mayor of kiev pushed back. mayor: we re--- need defensive weapons right now. to defend our families, our states, our cities, our citizens. we need support. nick: back in cap today, a memo

banks, businesses and investors are keeping a close eye on the russian troop build up on ukraine's borders. a sanctions are a special fear, finance ministers from the g 7 group of industrialized nations saying monday that they were ready to impose massive economic sanctions against russia. in the event of an invasion, targeting banks and individuals, the u. s. has also said it could put an end to the north stream to pipeline. that's intended to be an important new supply route between germany and russia for gas. and that is supposed to be an important income stream for russia. and the u. s. is also considering put a putting russia on its export control as if it did it, it would join cuba, iran, north korea and syria and washington could block rushes access to the dollar by barring u. s. finance.

banks, businesses and investors are keeping a close eye on the russian troop build up on ukraine's borders. and sanctions are a special fear, finance ministers from the g. 7 group of industrialized nations saying monday that they were ready to impose massive economic sanctions against russia. in the event of an invasion, targeting banks and individuals in the u. s. is also said, it could put an end to the north stream to pipeline. that's intended to be an important new supply route between germany and russia for gas. and that is supposed to be an important income stream for russia. the u. s. is also considering put a putting russia on its export control as if it did it, it would join cuba, iran, north korea and syria and washington could block russia's access to the dollar by barring us financial firms from converting payments into the currency. countries have even discussed excluding russia from the international payment system. swift and that would be an unprecedented step. and it would stop transactions originating inside russia with outside individuals or banks. or i clemens 1st as president of the ego institute munich. he joins me for more on this claim is good to see you. russia i

he's very concerned that his family and others are in the middle of a war zone accounts have been set up through ukraine's national bank for humanitarian needs and to support the country's military. you can find out how to donate on t consulate. social media page. >> and that man and his girlfriend evacuated from ukraine and they should have arrived at the polish border by now. that's according to the young man's mother who's been keeping in touch with him from her home here in napa. this is cell phone video showing people evacuating on foot from ukraine during day one of the russian invasion 26 year-old napa resident aaron starr who's been in ukraine with his ukrainian girlfriend, took that video shows people trying to get out of harm's way. his mother told us that started cited to leave ukraine right after the attack started. >> people walking with just a backpack. no lines of people walking. he's sitting in this car brighton to say least amount of safety and he's not over the porous border, i'm proud of him for focusing other people and drawing our attention to really matters, which is this will never turn crisis. >

concerned about his family and all of the others in the middle of this war zone accounts have been set up through ukraine's national banktry's military. so you can find link so that if you want to donate on the consulates social media page. >> time now is 5.35. and the russian invasion will likely affect americans leading to a rising cost of a variety of items. kron four's. dan kerman has more on that. gas prices were on the rise in the days leading up to russia's invasion of ukraine and financial experts. >> expect that to continue. hopefully that will be minimized by the fact that we haven't impose sanctions on russian energy exports. it also depends on what russia decides to do. we've imposed other sanctions and they may decide that they want to hold back some of those exports and keep the market tighter than might be. otherwise. prices at the grocery store could also go up, especially bread and bakery products. >> since both russia and ukraine are big exporters of grains where less dependence in europe, parts of north and north africa on russian and ukraine weeks. we've but this is a global market and we've already

ukraine with german chancellor of shouts, the russian president insists certifying the pipeline could. so europe's energy problems also coming up with in the president of the world bank come, why developing nations need to strengthen their financial systems as they recover from the pandemic? a balance annual love letter to the movie. well, the berlin allah is well underway. but here why germany cinemas are struggling to fill c. this is d to be a business, i'm of what's in berlin. welcome to the program. russian president vladimir putin has used a meeting with german chancellor off schultz to again push for the approval of nord stream to he said the gas pipeline linking the 2 countries would cement europe's energy security that germany is under pressure from allies to hold off on certifying the project of affairs of a russian invasion of ukraine in a joint press conference, chancellor shots said any military confrontation would have far reaching consequences. but he stopped short, referring to note stream to his what president putin had to say. if the issue with this is one of the largest infrastructure projects in europe intended to significantly strengthen energy security on the continent and t

nations. they target banks, oligarchs, and other wealthy individuals. but ukraine's president says, there aren't enough to stop. moscow has been global condemnation of the russian attacks on ukraine under the protest, as have been detained in russia after they held protest against president vladimir putin. now, the u. s. is reinforcing nato forces in europe with $7000.00 additional soldiers. classical hain no from the pentagon, senior defense officials here at the pentagon are increasingly talking about a concern that ukraine isn't the end of it, that they could advanced towards nato countries. that's why you repeatedly hear officials here and at the white house say that they will enforce the nato treaty, which basically says an attack on one is treated like an attack on all to that. and they are sending an additional $70000.00 soldiers to germany. they're part of an armored brigade combat team. they're coming out of colorado and they said from germany, they could be moved to other places within europe. this is on top of other soldiers that they've sent in the weeks leading up to this. so now there's a total of $14000.00 additional troops. they are not

national security in charge of cybersecurity. she specifically talked about attacks this week on ukraine banks and attributing that to russia now at this point. here's a little bit more of what she had to say. >> we believe that the russian government is responsible for widescale cyberattacks on the ukrainian banks this week. we have technical information that links russian -- the russian main intelligence directory as known gru infrastructure with high values of communication to ukraine-based ip addresses and domains. we've shared the underlying intelligence with ukraine and our european partners. >> and we also heard in that briefing a little bit more of a window into what these sanctions could include. one of the officials said that they would include things like export controls that would make it essentially impossible for russians to get access to certain types of u.s. technology and products. also moves that would make it a lot more difficult to do foreign borrowing and foreign financial transactions. look for the president again to reiterate that, to reiterate the steps that they're taking, but to also again provide this in

of national security experts are warning of a possible russian cyber attack that could disrupt communication banks, power plants, right here in the u.s. alexander hoff has more from washington. if russia were to attack ukrainend america responded u.s. intelligence officials said there is a risk of becoming the target of russian cyber attack. critical infrastructure would be the areas of greatest concern that includes power plants, banks and watertube facilities here in the united states. private companies have been called on to make sure they are equipped. >> we have exercise the maximum government authorities to mandate the steps needed. we know that should anything occur we will work closely with the private sector to rapidly respond and recover prey. >> officials advise there is no specific credible threats to the u.s. homeland at this time. but intelligence agents have identified the russian government as the likely force pride widespread cyber attacks on ukrainian banks this week but russia has denied involvement but u.s. officials say it is part of a destabilization technique that could proceed and invasion. cyber expert say for years russia has jammed ukrainian gps receivers. >> russia has enormous c

ukraine. the u.s. along with a number of western nations will move to expel selected russian banks from s.w.i.f.t.at links financial institutions around the world and is vital for conducting global business. this is just the latest round of economic sanctions since the invasion began. in the first round thursday russia's top financial institutions were cut off from the u.s. financial system. 13 major russian companies lost the ability to raise money from u.s. markets. russia's so-called elites, members of putin's inner circle have their u.s. assets frozen. russia's military got blocked from certain imports and the financing to expand. and the sanctions also block russia's nonmilitary hi-tech imports. the western alliance raised the stakes friday with both the european and the u.s. announcing direct sanctions on putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov. and earlier i spoke with the former treasury department spokeswoman and asked her to explain how s.w.i.f.t. works and how these sanctions may impact us here in the u.s. >> so s.w.i.f.t., the good way to think about s.w.i.f.t. is kind of like the wha

ukraine and the u.s. and several eu nations announced new crippling sanctions against the russian central bank. but it's time for the president and some of our european partners to quick push the floating around. arkansas republican senator tom cotton says the new penalties don't go far enough. a lot of controls 100% of the banks in russia. he can use the other 20%. >> to continue to finance his war machine monday, lawmakers are racing back to washington in hopes of passing a more aggressive sanctions package to help its critical on fox news sunday. democratic senator amy klobuchar are that lawmakers must put politics aside to help ukraine. this is got to be bipartisan. white house press secretary jen psaki says more sanctions including sanctions against russia's energy sector remain on the table to maximize the impact and the consequences on president putin while minimizing the impact on the american people. >> and later this morning, president biden will be holding a call with u.s. allies to further discuss their response to russia. for now in washington, raquel martin, back to you right now. thank you for that update. recount. well in

of the russia/ukraine crisis. western nations ramping up sanctions against russia with steps including blocking of the banks from the s.w.i.f.t the ruble tumbled to fresh regard lows and the russia central bank doubled to almost 20%. there's that and an whole lot more to grab ahold of this morning, jim. >> i think we have to start with last week. friday run was kind of epic proportions on top of thursday it would be possible you see aer have s-- reversal of some. there's no way ukraine wouldn't roll over. ukraine hasn't rolled over it's in putin's interest to not negotiate. that's putin he won't sit there and say, you know, i'm done. >> there are some negotiations that are taking place. it's unclear what the outcome would be with that the rest of the ukrainians have exceeded far beyond, including yourself, believed. >> yeah. i didn't think they would be -- >> right when the hostility began it appears to have been an underpowered invasion, so to speak. >> yeah. i brought into the seven divisions economics. it was the wrap we kept getting upstairs, so to speak, from the satellite. now obviously there's a column going.

relocating all operations to western ukraine, while a number of nations, as you can see on screen, hear average their citizens to leave the country outright. the bank dropped to the being endless media reports alleging russia will attack in the coming days. moscow house continually denied any such allegations. here's ortiz saskia taylor on the latest wave of history. as a panic around ukraine reaches fever, pitch the walls been laying bats on how it will all play out. this a very different situation and things go crazy quickly. so crazy and quickly apparently the people are being told to run while they can. we encourage all american citizens who remain in ukraine to depart immediately. we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time, should vladimir putin decide to order it. and he might be always 15000 kilometers away from care of all the way over in australia, but even from dublin couldn't, could feel the crazy coming. an invasion could begin at any time during the olympics. any american citizens who remained in ukraine should leave now. the media have also been keen to cache in on the hysteria, hyping up every juicy detail about th

is targeting russian banks and all the car go oligarchy rushes national airline error float has also been banned from british space. and they've been protests in support of ukraine across the world, including in russia, where police detained more than $700.00 protest is in dozens of cities under simmons. joseph live now from give and entered in a couple of us that have been fighting around an airport a kid. well, can you talk about that while it's hostile airports and it is a small airport. it's 4 cargo planes and, and charter planes. and it was attacked several hours ago by russian helicopter gunship. it was a tactical attack. it didn't necessarily destroy the runway. heavy bombing could have done that or cruise missiles or any other form of munitions. but this was a tactical attack. it would seem by these helicopter gun ships where now informed by president adviser or who's speaking to the media that that's the airport is now being controlled by russian forces. and this heavy fighting. while there was heavy fighting up until about 40 minutes ago, going on at that airport with artillery ukrainian artillery, engaging the russian, the russian fighters. now, the t

banks and germany's breaks on a gas line project western nations act against russia. over the ukraine crisis, global oil prices hit their highest levels since 2014, after 3 years of a full blown russian invasion. ah, let's get going. we're continuing with our coverage of the fast moving developments on the standoff between russia and ukraine. the russian president vladimir putin, is now asking his parliament to formally approve a request to be able to send troops abroad. early of the russians had sent what they called peacekeepers to break away regions in eastern ukraine, which moscow has now recognised. that happened this time yesterday, that prompted a sharp response during the course of to day from the west. germany has put his gas pipeline project with russia on hold. and the u. k. has announced the last couple of our sanctions against 5 russian banks and 3 individuals. let's go live 1st to moscow and our corresponded the daughter, jabar it. so daughter, i guess there's a difference between asking for permission to send troops abroad and doing it. what does it mean for mister putin, the well, this means that the president, who is the commander in chief in this count

ukraine. the u.s., along with a number of western nations, had move to ek expel expel shekted russian banks fromecurity network that hinks financial institutions around the world, and is vital for conducting global business. it is just the latest round of economic sanctions since the invasion began. and the first round, thursday, russia's top-financial institutions were cut off from the u.s. financial system. 13 major russian companies lost the ability to raise money from u.s. markets. russia's so-called eheats, members of putin's inner circle, have their u.s. assets frozen. russia's military got blocked from certain imports, and the financing to expand. and the sanctions, also, block russia's nonmilitary high-tech imports. the western alliance raised stakes friday with both the european union and the u.s. announcing direct sanctions on putin and foreign minister sergey lavrov. president biden has been bhunt about the goals. >> putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now, he and his country had bear the consequences. putin's aggression against ukraine had cost russia dearly, economical

safe, feel free. nations agreeing today to impose the most potentially crippling financial penalties yet on russia over its invasion of ukraine. the move blocks selected russian banksobal financial messaging system, which moves money around more than 11,000 banks and other financial institutions worldwide. ukrainian airspace has been declared on safe for civilians because of the russian invasion, and that's causing travel trouble for some people who want to check on family reporter or romanus shares. one man's desperate journey to get back home to ukraine. a bizarre personal, the main equation is for me. it's for my family to be safe. peter dude, nick is beyond worried. he lives in ukraine but is in california right now for a visit. six of his children are back in his home city of slovyansk on the eastern side of ukraine is dangerous, because right today in the morning they were russians were bombing aften especially difficult for dude unique since he is not with his children through a friend translating. dude, nick tells me he's heartbroken every time he talks to his family on the phone , there is when you are nearly when i call and my childs tells me he said that

of the russia/ukraine crisis. western nations ramping up sanctions against russia with steps including blocking of the banks from the

bank and ministry of finance. the move immobilizes russian central bank assets held in the u.s. or by u.s. nationals. janet yellen says the measures target funds putin is using to invade ukraine. has restricted residents from sending hard currency abroad. the ban covers foreign-exchange transfers and is part of putin's retaliatory exchange measures. the russian central bank clarified the move, saying it only covers new loans and not servicing of existing debt. the u.s. and allies are discussing a coordinated release of 60 million barrels of oil from the stockpile. sources say deliberations are currently focused on a discharge of 30 million barrels from the u.s. and an equivalent amount from other countries though a decision has not yet been made. global news 24 hours a day, on-air and at bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. haidi: we are looking at trading in asia. a very swift turnaround when it comes to the u.s. session. most stocks coming off session lows as we gather volatility as a result of sanctions and counter sanctions in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. sydney

other nations announcing that, quote, selected russian banks are being cut off from s.w.i.f.t., the high security network that connects thousands of financial institutions around the world. ukraine's working hard around the clock and enthusiastically to make sure all countries of europe would approve the powerful and just decision to cut off russia from the international interbank network, and we have this important victory. we're talking about billions and billions of losses to russia, a specific price for this treacherous invasion into our country. >> for ukrainian civilians the conflict growing increasingly desperate. according to the united nations high commission for refugees, more than 160,000 people are now reported to have been internally displaced. more than 116,000 have been forced to flee across international borders. that makes them refugees. the government estimates a worst-case scenario could involve as many as incredible 5 million refugees. let's hear now from some of those many ukrainians being forced to flee their homes and from the people who are doing their best to help them. >> translator: in all the years i have lived i never thought i would live to witness su