Five times the White House said sanctions could deter Putin

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President Joe Biden’s move this week alongside European allies to impose sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine has sparked a debate over whether the administration’s deterrence policy has already failed.

“No one expected the sanctions to prevent anything from happening,” Biden said Thursday as he defended the policy amid criticism that the administration didn’t do enough to prevent the invasion from occurring in the first place.

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