Blinken Says Too Early to Step Up Russia Sanctions Over Ukraine
- If triggered now, ‘you lose the deterrent effect,’ he says
- U.S. is tracking security situation in Kyiv ‘hour by hour’
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rejected pressure to immediately escalate sanctions on Russia for its military buildup around Ukraine, saying it would limit western options in the future.
The U.S. is tracking the security situation in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, and a U.K. warning that Russia is plotting to install a pro-Kremlin government in Ukraine is part of the Kremlin’s playbook for encroaching on its neighbor, Blinken said in a round of interviews on U.S. Sunday news shows.