U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman suggested Sunday that sanctions appeared to be pulling Russia toward diplomacy: 'That pressure is beginning to have some effect. We are seeing some signs of a willingness to have real, serious negotiations.'
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman suggested Sunday that sanctions appeared to be pulling Russia toward diplomacy. "That pressure is beginning to have some effect. We are seeing some signs of a willingness to have real, serious negotiations," Ms. Sherman said on Fox News Sunday. However, she added that Russian President Vladimir Putin is "intent on destroying Ukraine."
U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union," said President Biden has been receiving updates on Ukraine-Russia negotiations from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. "That is the negotiation that matters, because, ultimately, it is Ukraine that will have to make its own sovereign decisions about the shape of any diplomacy going forward," Mr. Sullivan said. "As things stand right now, Vladimir Putin does not look like he is prepared to stop the onslaught. And so we will continue to escalate the pressure against him and continue to support the Ukrainians as they fight to defend their territory.
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