Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed that the Russian military is now scavenging to find crucial replacement parts for battlefield equipment.
In an earlier press conference with U.S. and South African reporters at a job training facility in Emalahleni, she was clear that she raised concerns about South Africa potentially evading Russian sanctions in her meetings with South African officials.
“My main message is that we take very seriously these sanctions that we’ve placed on Russia in response to its brutal invasion of Ukraine,” she said.The U.S., China and Russia are competing for influence in Africa, a continent rich in minerals that will help power aYellen’s trip is the first mission from the Biden administration in 2023 to convince Africa that the U.S.
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