Sputnik International
By Ilya Tsukanov
February 27, 2022
The United States and its allies have leveled a host of sanctions against Russian officials, businessmen, banks and entire economic sectors over Moscow’s ongoing military operation in Ukraine, characterized by Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “special military operation.”
The only alternative to sanctioning Russia to punish it for its “invasion” of Ukraine would be the start of a “Third World War,” US President Joe Biden has said.