Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that "it's becoming clearer by the day" that the Russian people and even members of the Russian military oppose Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, but that they will now "suffer the consequences of their leader's choices."
Why it matters: Unprecedented sanctions imposed by the U.S. and its Western allies are choking off the Russian economy, with the worst effects yet to be seen. Russian authorities have cracked down on anti-war protests and silenced the last remaining independent media outlets, as the Kremlin seeks to paint a domestic narrative divorced from reality.
