The Pentagon ruled out the imposition of preventive sanctions against Russia

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The United States does not plan to impose preemptive sanctions against RUSSIA, they will be left "in reserve" in case Moscow decides to invade Ukraine. This was announced on Fox News by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby.

He stressed that if preventive measures are introduced, they will lose their deterrent effect.

“We believe they are maintaining their deterrent effect by remaining on standby,” Kirby said. According to him, now the United States is not going to introduce such preventive measures.

Zelensky called on the EU to introduce preventive sanctions against Russia Politics

At the same time, a Pentagon spokesman added that the United States would still impose "tough economic sanctions" if the situation in Ukraine worsened.