"Our sources, which [we] consider to be reliable, indicate that the team has not yet been able to enter Douma," Nauert stated. "That is our understanding of the situation as of right now."
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in an earlier statement that Western media claims that Russia allegedly "blocked" OPCW entry into Douma are unscrupulous.
Nauert also said that sanctions against Moscow "are not off the table, we just don't have anything to announce at this time." On Sunday, US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said sanctions were imminent, but the the White House and the Treasury Department ultimately didn't follow through.
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