Blinken: "Irreversible" withdrawal necessary to lift sanctions on Russia

U.S. sanctions against Russia are “not designed to be permanent” and could “go away” Blinken said, should Russia change its behavior. But a mere withdrawal of Russian forces would not be enough; instead, Blinken said the U.S. would insist that a Russian pullback be, “in effect, irreversible,” so “this can’t happen again, that Russia won’t pick up and do exactly what it’s doing in a year or two years or three years.”