Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Killian Bayer
00:12 Donald Trump | US President
01:02 Mark Rutte | Secretary General of NATO

Script:

Sitting alongside the NATO Chief, Donald Trump said the US is taking aim at one of Moscow's biggest sources of income.

+++ SOT US President Donald Trump +++
Today is a great day in terms of what we're doing. Look these are tremendous sanctions. These are very big, against their two big oil companies. And we hope they won't be on for long. We hope that war will be settled.

In the past the US President had been reluctant to impose further sanctions on Russia. 

But Trump says he wants the war to end -- and believes more pressure could bring Putin back to the negotiating table.

The United States is sanctioning Rosneft and Lukoil, two of Russia's largest oil companies. For Moscow, oil and gas remain the single most important source of federal revenue, supplying around 30% of the state budget. 

U.S. sanctions effectively ban all business with Rosneft, Lukoil, and their subsidiaries — not just for American companies, but also for foreign banks and partners linked to them.

Measures that NATO Chief Rutte welcomes.

+++ SOT  Mark Rutte, Secretary General of NATO:+++
 I'm absolutely convinced that with sustained pressure, we will be able to get Putin, to the table to agree with a ceasefire and then other talks coming after that. And you have seen it in the last couple of weeks, Alaska happened 
when the American president decided to do secondary sanctions on India buying Russian oil. We have seen last week the goal taking place when the president said, I am contemplating sending Tomahawks into, Ukraine for Ukraine to be used. So, this is clear evidence that we can change, Putin's calculus."

A show of unity for NATO, and a signal that Western resolve against Russia’s war remains firm.+++