this afternoon, unveiling what he says is the first round of sanctions, into punishing russia. he minced no words about the country's military campaign. >> this is the beginning of a russian invasion of ukraine. who and the lord's name does putin think gives him the right to declare new, so-called countries, on territory that belonged to his neighborhood. this is a plea glenn denial of international law that demands a firm response from the international community. we are implementing full blocking sanctions on two large russian financial institutions. veb and their military bank. we are putting sanctions on russia's sovereign depth. also on their elites, and their family members. if russia goes further with this invasion, we stand prepared to go further as with sanctions. >> today, germany also announced its own punitive measures putting final approval of the controversial nord