US urges Biden to create limited no-fly zone over Ukraine - Politico

08 March 2022, 19:02 | Policy
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In the United States, 27 representatives of the country's foreign policy elite addressed President Joe Biden. They called on the head of the White House to ensure a limited no-fly zone over Ukraine, writes Politico..

All this in order to protect humanitarian corridors.

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The list of signatories can be found here.

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Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into our country, Ukraine has been calling on the EU and NATO to close the sky over our country. This will prevent the Russian army from launching missile strikes on Ukrainian cities and conducting landings..

On the eve of NATO discussed the possibility of the Alliance's participation in the Russian-Ukrainian war, including the provision of a no-fly zone. But in the end, the Alliance again refused to close the sky over Ukraine. On March 3, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed: Washington will not introduce a no-fly zone over Ukraine.



The main argument of opponents of such a move is its high risk of confrontation with Russia, which threatens to start a " So far, even the attack of the Russian military on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in Energodar has not been able to shake it. However, Ukraine is consistently lobbying for the closure of the sky. The petition to NATO has already gained the necessary million votes for consideration.

Read more about why the West should close the skies over Ukraine in the translation of an article by former Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko for The Economist. What will the world be like after the Russian-Ukrainian war, Sergey Korsunsky explains in the article " U.A..




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