will not be diplomatic on this. everyone who now doubts whether russia should be banned from s.w.i.f.t. has to understand that the blood of innocent ukrainian men, women, and children had been on their hands, too. ban russia from s.w.i.f.t. and yet, this measure has met resistance as u.s. president joe biden made clear. >> it is always an option. but right now, that's not the position that the rest of europe wishes to take. >> reporter: s.w.i.f.t. is headquartered in belgium, and must comply with e you're regulations but the block is divided. senior-eu sources tell cnn that, as of thursday -- the day the invasion began -- countries like poland, estonia, latvia, and lithuania supported the s.w.i.f.t. option. others, seemingly, didn't, including italy, hungary, cypress, and the largest economy and most notable holdout, germany. buying oil and gas from russia would become much more difficult and in recent years, germany has