Ukraine’s president has called upon the United States and other NATO allies to establish a no-fly zone over his country to prevent Russian bombardment, but the U.S. government has made abundantly clear that it will not be drawn into a conflict with Russia.
“A no-fly zone would require implementation,” White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday. “It would require deploying [the] U.S. military to enforce, which would be a direct conflict — potentially a direct conflict and potentially war with Russia, which is something we are not planning to be a part of.”
When a reporter asked Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Monday if the United States was considering establishing a no-fly zone over Ukraine, he replied with one word: “No.”
President Joe Biden has said repeatedly that he will not send any U.S. troops to Ukraine to fight Russia. His administration’s response has relied heavily on economic sanctions against Russia and cutting off certain Russian banks from a high security network that connects financial institutions around the world.
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