How to seize an oligarch’s assets, man who escaped Kyiv documents his journey

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen used a visit to Chicago on Wednesday to spotlight the Biden administration’s effort to strip Russian oligarchs of their wealth in response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

Former Treasury Department spokeswoman Hagar Chemali told NewsNation the process of seizing oligarchs’ assets is more straightforward than people may expect.

Yuri Gorbachevskyi held out, thinking maybe the Russian invasion would end soon. But just a few days ago, he made the decision to pack up with his family in Kyiv and escape. He’s been documenting his journey along the way.

Ashleigh Banfield takes a look into the lives of the first ladies of ongoing war in Ukraine.