INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
United States 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.Sherman, who spoke after talks with the European Union&s foreign service secretary general Stefano Sannino, did
not offer any specific evidence for her comments.But she cited the economic sanctions and export controls that have been imposed by the
United States, the European Union, Britain, Japan, and other allies since Russia&s Feb
24 invasion of Ukraine.Moscow has said its &special military operation& is essential to ensure Russian security and rejects Western
accusations of atrocities and the indiscriminate shelling of cities.Putin is facing a strategic failure because of the sanctions that have
been put on because of the long term impact this will have,& Sherman said.The Western sanctions have already pushed Russia into its deepest
economic crisis since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.Sherman said there would be a &long tail& to sanctions and export controls on Russia
She also hoped China would take note of Western unity.We have hundreds of United States companies, literally, who have left Russia, and
So, the tail here is very long
There will be strategic failure
Putin has become a pariah in the world,& she said.Sherman also said if European Union decided to impose oil and gas sanctions on Russia, the
United States would aim to avoid anyprice increases that would help Russia&s finances.The post Russia is failing in Ukraine, top United
States official says first appeared on Ariana News.
