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Catherine Cortez Masto: “This illegal war of Putin.”

Featuring: Catherine Cortez Masto, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Nevada

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Published October 23, 2025 | Video Starts at 09:01

I think we need to put as much pressure as we can on Russia. I support Ukraine. What is going on is outrageous. This illegal war of Putin. And we have to continue using the levers that we have here. Some of those are sanctions, and in my case in the Banking Committee, those are financial sanctions that we have to continue to impose. (09:01–09:04)

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Asserts that Putin's war is illegal.

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