During a White House press conference Wednesday, President Biden responded to a number of questions about the ongoing Russian threat to Ukraine.
Bloomberg's Jennifer Epstein asked whether Biden expected the threat of sanctions to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin, given that sanctions have failed to deter Russian aggression in the past.
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