Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I very much appreciate our three witnesses appearing this evening. I don't know what time it is exactly in Ukraine, but I assume is sometime in the middle of the night. Yet they are joining us to tell us about what is happening over there.
We learn about the war mostly through written media and social media. But you are providing us with first-hand testimony by appearing here today. I thank you very much for your presence.
Ms. Matviichuk, a number of sanctions have been imposed on Russia to try to end this war. One such sanction was Russia's exclusion from the SWIFT financial system. A number of countries have exerted pressure, but the war has unfortunately continued, and we have no idea when it will end.
Do you think the sanctions the west has imposed on Russia have had an impact or will have one? Are even more sanctions needed and, if so, what sanctions should be imposed on Russia?