The U.S. assured on Monday that its sanctions against Russia over Ukraine will be "punitive", but "the fact of announcing those sanctions and letting the Russians know in advance that we will use such sanctions hopefully will be preventative," U.S. Envoy to UN told TURAN's Washington correspondent.Now that the Biden administration concedes Russia is likely to invade Ukraine again, the biggest question roiling in the U.S. capital is whether crushing sanctions would ...
