BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman said on Thursday that Russia was not achieving its goals in its invasion of Ukraine and that Western sanctions were partly the reason for that.
“What we are aiming for here is a strategic failure for (Russian President) Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin. And I believe that is already happening, that no matter what happens … Ukraine is going to survive,” Sherman told a Friends of Europe think-tank event in Brussels.
She also said whatever the European Union decides on whether to impose oil and gas sanctions on Russia, the United States would aim to avoid higher prices that would help Russia’s finances.
(Reporting by Robin Emmott)
