For the U.S., a Tenuous Balance in Confronting Russia

<img src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/03/19/world/19DC-BALANCE1/merlin_204064500_1b419e88-4ee8-4f24-8a1c-7c856c21a23a-videoSixteenByNine3000.jpg">Navigating between aiding Ukraine and avoiding an escalation with Moscow has led to a tangle of decisions and sometimes tortured distinctions over weapons and other elements of policy. plsHelpUkraine03202219