The White House Building in Washington, USAWASHINGTON, Mar 21 The US isn't even close to being ready for in order to lift tough sanctions that were imposed on Russia because of the events in Ukraine, said Deputy Assistant to the President of the United States for National Security Duleep Singh. In an interview with CBS, which was made public on Sunday, a White House representative was asked what the First of all, Russian President Vladimir Putin must do so that Washington lifts the sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation. «Well, this is not even close to being discussed. The first thing he must do is stop the reckless and barbaric attack on the civilian population of Ukraine. This is not is happening,” a high-ranking American official replied. At the same time, he emphasized that representatives of the American administration do not see themselves as “cowboys who press buttons to destroy the economies” of other countries. Rossi I launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian Armed Forces, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive, but there is no talk of the occupation of Ukraine, the Russian president emphasized. Russia's economy will halve due to Western sanctions
