THE SAME AREA. Various REPORTS SAY IT WAS A UKRAINIAN PLANE. PRESIDENT BIDEN ANNOUNCED NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA MEANT TO HIT THEIR MILITARY AND THOSE WHO ARE CLOSE TO PUTIN. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT BASIL JOHN IS LIVE WITH THE LATEST.
Great day, BASIL. >> WELL, DAN, LAUREN, GOOD MORNING. Without a doubt, THE U.S. What's more ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES HOPE THE PRESSURE PUSHES RUSSIA BACK IN OUT OF UKRAINE AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAID IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME BUT BELIEVES RUSSIA WILL FEEL THE EFFECTS. AS RUSSIAN FORCES INVADED UKRAINE, DESTROYING BUILDINGS AND KILLING THE UNITED STATES AND ITS ALLIES IN POST A TOUGHER SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA.
IS THE AGGRESSOR? >> SHOWS THIS WAR. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN ANNOUNCED SANCTIONS WHICH INCLUDE EXPORT BLOCKS ON TECHNOLOGY STRIKE A BLOW TO THEIR ABILITY CONTINUE TO MODERNIZE THE MILITARY SAY GUNS WERE ALSO APPLIED TO BILLIONAIRES AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE CLOSE WITH THE KREMLIN US TO DO A THING THE BUT UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT, VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY URGED WESTERN LEADERS TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS AS HE SAYS, THE SANCTIONS ARE NOT PREVENTING MORE ATTACKS, EVEN THOUGH RUSSIAN FORCES CONTINUE.
BIDEN SAYS U.S. TROOPS WILL NOT BE INVOLVED. OUR FORCES ARE NOT GOING TO EUROPE TO FIGHT IN UKRAINE, BUT TO DEFEND OUR NATO ALLIES AND REASSURE THOSE ALLIES. >> IN THE EAST. >> THE UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. Focused on THERE, PEOPLE WILL FIGHT. WE DO NOT EXPECT ANYONE TO FIGHT FOR US, BUT WE EXPECT ALL THE HELP AND ALL THE RESPONSE.
THE WEST AGAIN, CENTAURUS BIDEN ALSO ASSURED THAT THE U.S. IS PREPARED IF RUSSIA RETALIATES WITH CYBER ATTACKS FOR MONTHS WE'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR PRIVATE, THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO HARDEN CYBER DEFENSES. >> SHARPEN OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND TO RUSSIAN CYBER ATTACKS AS WELL. As of now THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE U.S. IS PREPARED TO ACCEPT UKRAINIAN REFUGEES. >> BUT EXPECTS
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