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

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

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?'

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.

NATO Has 'Never Been More United'

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

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.

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

I think it`s a real threat.

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.

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…

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

We are energy independent if we do that.

I hope one of the conversations that follows on to this sorry excuse for a confirmation hearing is a conversation about how she was treated, why she was treated that way.

The President mentioned it this morning saying it's a very real threat.

Look, we have to think about, where does our energy, come from? Beginning to find new sources, so we're not so reliant on Russia.

Now Putin is back against the wall, he wasn`t anticipating the extent or strength of our unity.