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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Joe Sommerlad

Why is Nato reluctant to enforce a no-fly zone over Ukraine?

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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly called on the West to declare and enforce a “no-fly zone” over its airspace to block the Russian Air Force from attacking its cities.

Such a measure would effectively render Russia’s huge military superiority in the air null and void but would require extensive policing, presumably by planes belonging to the Western allies representing Nato.

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