Russia dismisses new U.S. sanctions: You will never defeat Moscow

Russia on Friday dismissed a new set of sweeping U.S. sanctions against Russian companies over the war in Ukraine, saying that the United States would never be able to inflict a strategic defeat against Moscow.

"This is a continuation of the policy of inflicting as they call it - a strategic defeat on us," Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for the Russian foreign ministry, told Russian state television when asked about the new sanctions.

"They will have to wait in vain forever before that happens."