Which sanctions? Pre war or post war sanctions? Useless article as usual. A good question would be what steps were taken to deter Putin? Whatever so steps were clearly didn’t work. What steps are you taking to get him to stop? Whatever those steps are clearly are not working. Then, just for laughs ask him about his red line. Rats are great at boxing themselves in to corners trying to show how tough they are.
With The Donald in the corner office in DC we wouldn’t be in this fuster-cluck.