KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR: Today is day two of Russia's multi-pronged invasion of its neighbor, Ukraine. The capital Kiev is surrounded, as Russian troops begin to fight their way into that city. Intelligence suggests Russia could take the capital city in the next one to four days. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on civilians to prepare Molotov cocktails. Zelenskyy himself announced yesterday that he is quote 'target No. 1' and his family called target 'No.
ATKINS STOHR: So you're talking about the swift and severe sanctions that are coming from the U.S. and other Western countries. President Biden says he expects that to take time. This isn't just going to make Russia, essentially, stop. Explain how that works.
CHOLLET: Yeah, absolutely. And as you've heard, President Biden has been very clear on this, that there will be some pain associated with sanctions. And pain that all of us will feel. Obviously, most of the pain is going to be felt in Russia. But clearly our European partners, which have a much more comprehensive trading relationship with Russia, will be feeling a lot of pain. As well, some Americans.
CHOLLET: Well, we've heard from President Putin directly several times over the last several days, of how he's framed this crisis, and what his larger goals are. And clearly this is far beyond the question of NATO or really anything the United States has done. This is about, in some ways, trying to reconstitute the Soviet Union, and unravel the last quarter century of efforts to make Europe more secure.
President Biden has been in regular touch with President Zelenskyy, who's in Kiev. And we will continue to support the Ukrainians to deal with this humanitarian disaster that's going to be occurring in their country, but then also to provide them the ability to protect themselves, as we have been doing for the last eight years. And then finally, we will work with our allies and partners to further isolate Russia.
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