Ukraine

That is exactly what I'd expect the US position to be. Personally, I'd like to avoid a WW3 shooting war if at all possible. The 'Ukr is losing lives' argument isn't nearly so convincing when I add in a full blown conflict with NATO vs Ru & it's allies.

Do I want them to die? Of course not. Is adding millions more troops and bullets going to help? IDK, I don't have access to the intel needed.
Russia is in no shape to fight NATO. Unless they have assurances from China that they have their back, they won’t escalate. China makes too much money from the USA. The only thing they get from Russia is oil. If they can get cheap oil from Russia and make money from the US, they won’t escalate.