I did not say that, In fact, the sanctions would deter him. Sanctions never deter. You keep talking about that. Sanctions never deter. The maintenance of sanctions, the maintenance of sanctions, the increasing the pain. That`s what will…

This is part of the reason, why Americans have - why we've sort of come to understand that Putin may have taken this step, because he thought that we were not unified.

I`ll say the most important fading, it`s for us to stay unified, and the world continue to focus on what a brute this guy is and of all the innocent lives being lost and ruined, and what`s going on. That`s the important thing.

The single most important thing that we can do from the outset is keep the democracies united in our opposition and our effort to curtail the devastation that is occurring at the hands of a man who, quite frankly, I think is a war criminal…

I think it`s a real threat.

The State Department formally accused Vladimir Putin`s military of committing war crimes in Ukraine, citing the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, and civilian infrastructure.

We would respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use.

We would respond. We will respond if he uses it. The nature of the response would depend on the nature of the use.

Putin was banking on NATO being split. NATO has never, never been more united than it is today. Putin is getting exactly the opposite what he intended to have as a consequence of going into Ukraine. The single-most important thing is for…

I rise to offer some brief remarks about a dear friend, someone upon whom I have relied as a mentor, someone who has served our Nation across many decades, and someone whose passing earlier today is a moment of great significance for our…

the sanctions will only have a harsher effect. And they've also acknowledged they will continue to ramp up those sanctions, which will continue to take a major chunk out of Vladimir Putin's economy.

NATO Has 'Never Been More United'

so long as President Putin continues the invasion, continues the horrific attacks that we've seen over the course of the last month, the U.S. and its allies will continue to ramp up sanctions.

I think that the President and his top advisers believe it is working as it is designed to and perhaps better.

It would -- it would trigger a response in kind. Whether or not -- you`re asking whether NATO would cross -- we`d make that decision at the time.

Sanctions never deter. The maintenance of sanctions -- the maintenance of sanctions, the increasing the pain, and the demonstration, why I asked for this NATO meeting today, is to be sure that, after a month, we will sustain what we`re…

And I sat down, and I said, 'America is back.' And one of the -- one of my counterparts, colleagues, a head of state, said, 'For how long?' 'For how long?'

Today, the administration announced the U.S. will take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees.