The White House spokeswoman, Karine Jean-Pierre, announced this Friday that the United States is studying the declaration of Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism as a sanction measure for the invasion of Ukraine.
Asked if the Biden Administration is considering the proposal of the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelensky, to declare Russia a “terrorist state” after its attacks on civilians, Jean-Pierre has maintained that the North American country is evaluating it together with a series of other sanctions proposals.
USA. studies other proposals
“We are studying it together with a series of other proposals to impose more costs on Russia (…). This requires a determination by the Department of State on specific criteria,” said the White House spokeswoman at a press conference.
Zelensky repeatedly reiterated his request to Western allies for Russia to be officially considered a terrorist state, claiming that no other country “allows itself to destroy peaceful cities” with cruise missiles and artillery every day.
“And if someone launched a missile attack on a medical center in Dallas or Dresden, God forbid, what would it be called? Isn’t it terrorism?”, said the Ukrainian president in a statement in mid-July.