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AP-NORC poll: Many say Biden not tough enough on Russia

A new AP-NORC poll finds support for deploying U.S. troops to Ukraine is significantly lower than support for imposing sanctions on Russia or providing weapons to Ukraine, which sizable majorities of Americans favor.

FILE - A resident looks for belongings in an apartment building destroyed during fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces in Borodyanka, Ukraine, on April 5, 2022. Many Americans continue to question whether President Joe Biden is showing enough strength in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, even as most approve of steps the U.S. is already taking and few want U.S. troops to get involved in the conflict. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - The bodies of four people who died during the Russian occupation await burial during funerals in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, on April 20, 2022. Many Americans continue to question whether President Joe Biden is showing enough strength in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, even as most approve of steps the U.S. is already taking and few want U.S. troops to get involved in the conflict. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

FILE - Fragments of a destroyed Russian military vehicle lie against the background of an Orthodox church in the village of Lypivka close to Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 11, 2022. Lypivka was occupied by the Russian troops at the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war and freed recently by the Ukrainian army. Many Americans continue to question whether President Joe Biden is showing enough strength in response to Russia’s war against Ukraine, even as most approve of steps the U.S. is already taking and few want U.S. troops to get involved in the conflict. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

AP-NORC poll: Many say Biden not tough enough on Russia