How is it in the interests of the United States for Biden "administration officials" to have told New York Times reporters, and hence Putin, this?

Biden Expected to Offer

 Warnings and Alternatives

 in Call With Putin

President Biden will hold a high-stakes video call with Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday.

President Biden is expected to offer some diplomatic alternatives to military action in Ukraine when he speaks to Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in a video meeting on Tuesday, but will warn him that if he orders his forces to invade Ukraine, Western allies may move to cut Russia off from the international financial system, administration officials said.

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White House officials have been gaming out a series of scenarios with Mr. Biden...

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...Under discussion are steps as extreme as cutting off Russia’s access to the international financial settlement system, called SWIFT, and a series of restrictions on its banks like those honed in the effort to sanction Iran.