President Biden was expected to announce new economic sanctions targeting Russia after Vladimir Putin deployed troops to two pro-Moscow separatist areas of eastern Ukraine.
The White House had no immediate preview of Biden’s 1 p.m. remarks, but press secretary Jen Psaki had teased “additional measures” after Russia recognized the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic as independent states Monday.
In 2014, when Biden was vice president, Putin invaded and annexed Crimea from Ukraine and fomented the rebellion in Donetsk and Luhansk.Vladimir Smirnov/TASS via ZUMA Press “We’ve always envisioned waves of sanctions that would unfold over time,” Finer added. “Today, we have already begun those actions in response and we have more that we will be rolling out in really just a matter of hours.”block operation of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline
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