Image President Biden at a news conference after meetings with Group of 7 leaders at NATO headquarters in Brussels in March. There was talk of “crippling sanctions.” President Vladimir V. Putin was in retreat, and talk of victory was in the air. Mr. Biden is now more cautious in his public tone, even if his goals remain fundamentally unchanged. Mr. Biden, aides say, is constantly weighing whether new weapons would escalate the war too quickly and give Mr. Putin another justification for retaliation. But he also wants to make sure that Mr. Putin is losing ground.

Source: International New York Times June 26, 2022 10:03 UTC