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Threats. white house press secretary jen psaki summed up the administration's position pretty well here in an interview sunday morning. take a listen. >> this is really a pattern that we've seen from president putin through the course of this conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression. and the global community and the american people should look at it through that prism. >> now psaki added in that quote that the u.s. has the ability to defend itself, but it also should focus on calling out what they view as president putin's playbook. this ...

And said, look, this is part of a wider pattern from president putin with manufactured threats and unprovoked escalations. and now white house press secretary jen psaki i think summed up the administration's position very well here in an interview. take a listen. >> this is really a pattern that we've seen from president putin through the course of this conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression. and the global community and the american people should look at it through that prism. >> reporter: now, spsaki added that the u.s. is ready to ke...

We've seen from president putin through the course of this conflict, which is manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggression. and the global community and the american people should look at it through that prism. >> reporter: a senior u.s. defense official calling putin's move an unnecessary and escalatory step, warning he's putting at play forces that could make things much, much more dangerous. that may seem hard to imagine for ukrainians facing another night of bombardment. in the early hours of the morning, our team capturing this video. a massive fire lighti...

Not surprising. unfortunately, this rhetoric full of hatred and full of despial of ukrainians was coming out of the kremlin and of the kremlin propaganda since russia attacked in 2014. but what it makes, how it makes people feel. it doesn't make people feel frightened or fearful. on the contrary, it makes them more determined, more resilient, more united, as one friend of mine joked today, you know, the more putin tries to convince the world that ukraine and ukrainians don't exist, the more he creates more and more ukrainians. >> olga, the world for centuries has decided what ukraine is or wha...

Once again because i think countries in europe decided they ought to move on swift. but i'm glad the united states is moving ahead and i think that's one of the biggest sanctions that could be put to bring russia to heel. >> the latest financial punishment comes as putin starts talking about nuclear weapons elevating russia's nuclear readiness, an elevation in rhetoric that officials say they are prepared for. >> this is really a pattern that we've seen from president putin through the course of this conflict. which is manufacturing threats that don't exist in order to justify further aggressi...