On March 24, 2022 Biden claimed that economic sanctions on Russia were never meant to deter a Russian incursion into Ukraine while he prepared Americans and Western NATO bloc countries for the approaching food shortages.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-says-russia-sanctions-werent-meant-to-deter-putin-but-his-admin-said-they-were</ref> | On March 24, 2022 Biden claimed that economic sanctions on Russia were never meant to deter a Russian incursion into Ukraine while he prepared Americans and Western NATO bloc countries for the approaching food shortages.<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-says-russia-sanctions-werent-meant-to-deter-putin-but-his-admin-said-they-were</ref> |