President Joe Biden said the United States and NATO should avoid fighting Russia in Ukraine because it would lead to a third world war. “We’re going to continue to stand together with our allies in Europe and send an unmistakable message. We will defend every single inch of NATO territory with the full might of the united and galvanized NATO,” Biden said after he announced more economic penalties against Moscow on Friday from the White House. The United States and NATO, he added, “will not fight a war against Russia in Ukraine” because a “direct conflict between NATO and Russia is World War III, something we must strive to prevent.” Since the start of the Feb. 24 invasion, Russian officials, including Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, have warned of Russia’s capabilities as a nuclear weapon-armed nation. Several days after the conflict started, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his country’s strategic deterrence …