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Treasury deputy: Russia sanctions are degrading its military

President Joe Biden, center, accompanied by Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Rohit Chopra, left, and Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo, right, speaks at a meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Feb. 1, 2023. Adeyemo says sanctions and export controls imposed by the U.S. and its allies have degraded Russia’s ability to replace more than 9,000 pieces of military equipment lost in the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) FILE - President Vladimir Putin speaks in his annual televised New Year's message after a ceremony during a visit to the headquarters of the Southern Military District, at an unknown location in Russia, Dec. 31, 2022. American and allied sanctions and export controls are constraining Russia’s ability to wage war on Ukraine by degrading its military, a top Treasury Department official says. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)