The United States Deputy Treasury Secretary, Wally Adeyemo, has announced that the United States will impose sanctions on more than 500 individuals and entities in a coordinated effort to mark the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The new penalties come as the U.S. and its allies look to maintain pressure on Russia, despite doubts over whether the U.S. congress will approve additional security assistance for Kyiv.
Secretary of state, Antony Blinken said that the aim of the new sanctions is also to hold Russia accountable for the death of Navalny and all its actions over the course of this vicious and brutal war that has now raged on for two years
President Joe Biden’s administration has exhausted money previously approved for Ukraine, and a request for additional funds is languishing in the republican-controlled house of representatives.
